About My Last Name Origin?

1. Maxi Says

   Last or surnames were taken/given only a few centuries ago and mainly as the populations grew so the authorities knew who people were and so they could get taxes from them………..so many people who are not related in anyway got the same or similar names just because the jobs they did, what they looked like, who their father was or from who they worked for…as well as other reasons.
   Trying to find out your ancestry from your surname is impossible, for that you need to research your family tree going back through records and verifying each name as you go………..surname origins is just a bit of fun and has nothing to do with researching your background or finding out for sure where in fact your family ancestors originate from.

2. Anonymous Says

   If I understand what you are asking, you want to know where your Young ancestor came from? You would have to do the research. But the Young line is only one of many that contribute to your family tree.
   Young Name Meaning and History
   English, Scottish, and northern Irish: distinguishing name (Middle English yunge, yonge ‘young’), for the younger of two bearers of the same personal name, usually distinguishing a younger brother or a son. In Middle English this name is often found with the Anglo-Norman French definite article, for example Robert le Yunge.
   Americanization of a cognate, equivalent, or like-sounding surname in some other language, notably German Jung and Junk, Dutch (De) Jong(h) and Jong, and French Lejeune and LaJeunesse.
   assimilated form of French Dion or Guyon.
   Chinese: see Yang.

3. jan51601 Says

   The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is KIM, followed by LEE and PARK. Together, these three surnames are held by around half of the ethnic Korean population. There are only about 250 Korean family names currently in use. However, EACH family name is divided into one or more CLANS and in order to identify a person’s family name, the identification of a person’s CLAN is needed.
   Young in Korean is spelled as YEONG or YONG (with accent mark over the o). Only 259 people, as of the year 2000, have this family name. The family names are subdivided into bon-gwan (clans), i.e. extended families which originate in the lineage system used in previous historical periods. Each clan is identified by a specific place, and traces its origin to a common patrilineal ancestor. http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/young
   Last name: Young
   “This interesting surname is of ANGLO-SAXON pre 7th century origin, and as such is one of the earliest known origins. It comes from ‘geong’, which developed into the Middle ENGLISH ‘yunge or yonge’, and literally means ‘The young one’. Curiously children of the same sex in a medieval family were often given the same name, and to differentiate them a byname would be created and given (usually) to the younger bearers of the name baptismal name! The word was also used as a nickname for one who was ‘young in heart’, or appeared young, as in the example below. The surname is first recorded in the late 13th century, and from this developed the modern spelling forms which include Young, Younge, Youngs, Yonge and Ong(e). Early recordings include that of Wilferd seo Iunge, (Wilfred the son of Young) in the 744 AD. Anglo-Saxon Chronicles.http://www.ancestry.co.uk/facts/Young-fa…
   Young Name Meaning and History
   “ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, and northern IRISH: distinguishing name (Middle English ‘yunge’, ‘yonge’, ‘young’), for the younger of two bearers of the same personal name, usually distinguishing a younger brother or a son. In Middle English this name is often found with the Anglo-Norman French definite article, for example Robert le Yunge.
   Americanization of a cognate, equivalent, or like-sounding surname in some other language, notably German ‘Jung’ and ‘Junk’ (with the ‘J’ pronounced as ‘Y’;) , Dutch ‘(De) Jong(h)’ and ‘Jong’, and French ‘Lejeune’ and ‘LaJeunesse’, an assimilated form of French ‘Dion’ or ‘Guyon’. ”
   [To my way of thinking, YOUNG is as English as you can get, since it dates back at least 2600 years. Tell me--since you use "Jr" as part of your user name, I assume your Dad is Warren Sr. Does HE believe all this CHINESE/KOREAN stuff or is it just you?? By the way, in Chinese, it is YANG. I'm not saying the ethnicities are not in your "blood" but a drop or two is nothing to get excited about.]

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