Surname Overview
Population and Ranking
Yong, written 勇 and pronounced yǒng, ranks 777th, has an estimated population of about 8,000, and is a rare surname.
Yong Surname
Population reference (not a current census): 8,128Yong / Yong
Origins
Descent from Xiong Yong of the Mi Clan
The traditional lineage traces the Yong surname to the Mi clan and to descendants of Xiong Yong of Chu in the Spring and Autumn period, who adopted an ancestor's personal name as their surname.
Commanderies and Clan Halls
Commandery Associations of Nanyue and Nanhai
The Yong surname's traditional commandery associations are Nanyue and Nanhai.
Migration and Distribution
Communities in Jiangyin and Rushan
Gushan in Jiangyin, Jiangsu, is a major Yong community. In Yuli Town, Rushan, Shandong, Yong settlers from Yunhe, Zhejiang founded Beiyongjia and Nanyongjia during the Wanli reign of the Ming dynasty; Zhongyongjia was founded in the fifty-fourth year of the Kangxi reign by migrants from Nanyongjia.
Notable People
Historical Figures
Recorded bearers of the Yong surname include Yong Huo, an official of Wu in the Spring and Autumn period; Yong Yu of the Tang dynasty; and the Ming military officers Yong Jin, a chiliarch at Ruizhou during the Jingtai reign, and Yong Ying, a guard chiliarch.
Research Notes
Gushan Genealogical Tradition and Ancestral Limits
A Yong genealogy from Gushan, Jiangyin gives a different tradition: the surname was passed down by descendants of a French man and a local Jiangyin woman in the late Ming period, with Gushan regarded as the ancestral home. Bearers of the surname before the Han period cannot yet be established as ancestors of the present Yong lineage.
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