# Yong (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/yong/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,123 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,316 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 98,862 people |
| Change since 2000 | -11.7% (3,535 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /jɔŋ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The romanization of various Chinese and Korean surnames, including Mandarin 雍 (Yōng), Cantonese 楊／杨 (joeng4), Hakka 楊／杨 (Yòng), Cantonese 容 (jung4), Korean 용(龍) (Yong), etc.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Yong in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 6.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 9.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 77% |
| Two or more races | 4.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Yong in Malaysia and Australia.

## People named Yong

- Gregory Yong, Archbishop of Singapore (1925–2008)
- Joshua Yong, Australian swimmer
- Yong Kai

## Similar surnames

Young, Yang, Yung, Ying, Youngs, Yanez, Yancey, Yeung, Yanes, Yancy, Younce, Younes.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.