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Hong

in Pennsylvania

There are 593 people with the last name "Hong" in Pennsylvania.

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Hong 2,075
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  1. is 2,071st most common Garvey
  2. is 2,072nd most common Kirchner
  3. is 2,073rd most common Meckley
  4. is 2,074th most common Pepper
  5. is 2,075th most common Hong
  6. is 2,076th most common Olszewski
  7. is 2,077th most common Szymanski
  8. is 2,078th most common Byrnes
  9. is 2,079th most common Dull

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Hong

Kong, Sung, Young, Soon, Hyun, Yong, David, Jung, Robert, Seung

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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