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Sung Hong

in the US

There are 423 people with the name "Sung Hong" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
Sung	1,441
Hong	1,366
Sung Hong	25,452

is 1,437th most common Jas
is 1,438th most common Carmella
is 1,439th most common Elton
is 1,440th most common Valarie
is 1,441st most common Sung
is 1,442nd most common Ava
is 1,443rd most common Kasey
is 1,444th most common Clarissa
is 1,445th most common Nan

is 1,362nd most common Buckner
is 1,363rd most common Silver
is 1,364th most common Schmitz
is 1,365th most common Yeager
is 1,366th most common Hong
is 1,367th most common Coker
is 1,368th most common Hoskins
is 1,369th most common Crews
is 1,370th most common Conklin

is 25,448th most common Sharon Harrison
is 25,449th most common Sharon Woods
is 25,450th most common Shaun Smith
is 25,451st most common Stanley Jackson
is 25,452nd most common Sung Hong
is 25,453rd most common Susan Cunningham
is 25,454th most common Susan Morrison
is 25,455th most common Tammy Campbell
is 25,456th most common Teresa Parker

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Meaning & History

Sung

Hong

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.