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Myung Family History

Myung Name Meaning

Korean: variant of Myŏng. In 1363 Myŏn Ok-jin established the Ha (Summer) Kingdom between Korea's Koryŏ Kingdom and China's Yuan Kingdom and declared himself emperor. This was a time of shifting political alliances between Korea and China and several such small kingdoms appeared on the borderlands between the two nations. Myŏng Ok-jin died in 1366 and his son Myŏng Sŏng ascended the throne of the Ha Kingdom. At this time however China's Yuan nation was falling and the new Ming Dynasty seized the Ha kingdom's territory. Myŏng Sŏng returned to Koryŏ and was given the right by the Koryŏ king to live in Songdo Korea. Later when the Koryŏ kingdom fell to the Chosŏn kingdom Myŏng Sŭng associated with the Yi Dynasty's founding king Yi Sŏng-gye. Most members of present-day Myŏng family live in North Korea's P’yŏnan North Province.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: Yang, Meng, Yong, Ying, Hyun, Jung, Mun, Yun, Sung, Mong

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You can see how Myung families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Myung family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1891 and 1920. The most Myung families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there was 1 Myung family living in Staffordshire. This was 100% of all the recorded Myung's in United Kingdom. Staffordshire had the highest population of Myung families in 1891.
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Between 1972 and 2002, in the United States, Myung life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1989, and highest in 1997. The average life expectancy for Myung in 1972 was 73, and 82 in 2002.

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