After the Meiji period, some examples can be seen where they kept the same original Miyago when they were demoted from nobility to subject. (Marquis Yoshimaro YAMASHINA, Marquis Kunihisa KUNI, Count Hirohide FUSHIMI).
明治時代以降の臣籍降下では、生家の宮号と同じ氏を用いる例があった（山階芳麿侯爵・久邇邦久侯爵・伏見博英伯爵）。