Yung
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Patelliform
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/jəŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Yung is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 6.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- NGNigeria≈1 in 27K
- USUnited States1 in 156K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 347 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,800 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Hong Kong, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Yüñg in GH Ghana.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Patelliform
Sources 1
- An English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Shanghai Dialect
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yung counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈7,800 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Yung | 18 |
| MY Malaysia | #862 | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 6.4K | — | Yung | 67 |
| HK Hong Kong | #301 | ≈5,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Yung | 112 |
| US United States | — | 2,139 | 1 in 156K | 4.3K | Yung | 347 |
| GH Ghana | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Yüñg | 17 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | Yung | 54 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Yung is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In wuu, Masculine
as a wordA Vocabulary of the Shanghai Dialect
In wuu, Adultery
as a wordA Vocabulary of the Shanghai Dialect
In wuu, Overcome
as a wordA Vocabulary of the Shanghai Dialect
In wuu, Portrait
as a wordA Vocabulary of the Shanghai Dialect
In wuu, Serrated
as a wordAn English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Shanghai Dialect
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Yeonsangun of Joseonb. 1476KRnot in their usual name10th King of Korean Joseon Dynasty (1476-1506)
- Zhao Lirongb. 1928CNnot in their usual nameChinese actress (1928–2000)
- Ying Yongb. 1957CNnot in their usual nameChinese politician
- Yin Yongb. 1969CNnot in their usual nameMayor of Beijing
- Daniel Zhangb. 1972CNnot in their usual nameChinese businessman
- Yung Changb. 1977CACanadian film director (born 1977)
- Tammy Chenb. 1979TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actress
- Yang Rongb. 1981CNnot in their usual nameChinese actress (1981-)
- Yvonne Yung Hee Bormannb. 1981DEGerman actress
- Yang Yung-Weib. 1997TWTaiwan judoka (1997-)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 45 sources across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 4.3K | #7,208 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 4.2K | #7,849 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 4.2K | #7,613 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Yung mean, and where does it come from?
- Patelliform Recorded by An English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Shanghai Dialect.
- Is Yung a male or female name?
- Yung is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- How do you pronounce Yung?
- A machine transcription gives /jəŋ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Yung have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.8 thousand people named Yung in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yung.
- How common is the name Yung?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,139 people named Yung in 2020, about 1 in 156 thousand residents.
- How common is Yung compared with other names?
- In Hong Kong, Yung is the 301st most common given name of 23,276 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/yungThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yung” — the 301st most common given name in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.