De Jong is a Dutch language surname meaning junior.It is the most common surname in the Netherlands, in 2007 represented by 86,534 people. And also anglized form of Young (surname). Notable people with the surname are listed in the sections below.his page or section lists people with the surname de Jong. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link.