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Hong

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There are 50 people with the last name "Hong" in Iowa.

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Hong 8,140
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  1. is 8,136th most common Hidlebaugh
  2. is 8,137th most common Hightower
  3. is 8,138th most common Hohbach
  4. is 8,139th most common Holzer
  5. is 8,140th most common Hong
  6. is 8,141st most common Huegel
  7. is 8,142nd most common Hungate
  8. is 8,143rd most common Iseminger
  9. is 8,144th most common Jennett

Similar Names and Nicknames

Hinds, Hung, Heng, Honda, Hund, Hing, Hinde, Hynds, Hind, Hendee

Most Common First Names for Hong

Phong, Geraldine, Junghwa, Soon, Sung, Aimee, Anne, Annette, Bo, Bok

Meaning & History

Chinese 洪: from a word meaning ‘water’ or ‘flood’. During the time of the emperors Yao and Shun in the 23rd century BC, there was a clan known as the Gonggongshi. They took the name Gong as a surname, but in order to escape their enemies, needed to change the character for their surname; by the addition of a component meaning ‘water’, the name was changed to Hong. Another legend provides a more colorful account: the Gonggongshi were a warrior people, and were able to bring about a flood. However, the emperor Yu succeeded in establishing flood control, and he banished the Gonggongshi. Descendants, in order to commemorate the ability of their ancestors to cause floods, changed their name from Gong to the word for ‘flood’, Hong.

Chinese 康: Cantonese variant of Kang 1.

Chinese 项: variant of Xiang 2.

Chinese 杭: variant of Hang 1.

Korean: there is only one Chinese character for the Hong surname in Korea. Some sources indicate that there are 59 different Hong clans, but only four can be documented. Each of the four clans claim different founding ancestors. The oldest Hong clan's founding ancestor, Hong Ch’ŏn-ha, migrated to Koguryŏ, Korea, sometime in the first half of the seventh century. The Hong surname is a fairly common one and is found throughout the Korean peninsula.

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