Gong is the pinyin romanization of several distinct Chinese surnames, including 宫, 龔, 共, 公, 鞏, 功, 貢, and 弓. It may also be an alternative transcription of the surname Kong (Chinese: 孔, Korean: 공), or the Jyutping romanization of the Chinese surname Jiang.

龔, 龚

Gong
Traditional Chinese龔
Simplified Chinese龚

Gōng (traditional Chinese: 龔; simplified Chinese: 龚) is the 192nd most common surname in China. It is the 99th surname listed in the Hundred Family Surnames, a Song dynasty compilation of surnames. As of 2002, there are around 1.5 million people with this surname in China, representing 0.2% of its population.[1] They are most commonly found along the Yangtze River basin, especially in Anhui.

Origin

One legend claims that the surname Gōng was derived from another similar-sounding surname, Gòng (共). A member of the Gòng clan, fleeing his troubles, supposedly changed his surname to Gōng by adding the character for dragon (龍) above his original surname (共).

Other stories claim that the Gōng clan are descended from a minister of the Yellow Emperor named Gong Gu (共鼓), or a minister of Emperor Yao named Gong Gong (共工).[2]

A number of Zhou dynasty royal clans, from the states of Zheng, Wei, Jin, or Chu, had the surname Gong, from which the modern name may be derived. It may also come from the Gong tribe of the ancient state of Ba in Sichuan. A number of prominent people named Gong lived near the lower reaches of the Jialing River during the Han dynasty.

Notable people

公

Gong (Chinese: 公, rank 408 in China), is a Chinese and Korean surname. The other Gong surnames 共, 龔, 鞏, 功, 貢 have disappeared from Korea.

Gong may be derived from Chinese two-syllable surnames:

  • 公为、公华、公慎、公孟、公之、公父、公冉、公甲、公古、公文、公德、公良、公孙、公车、公金、公都、公建、公山、公祖、公宾、公仪、公输、公敛、公思、公若、公林、公坚、公施、公荆、公仲、公朱、公上、公叔、公仇、公行、公成、公师、公族、公正、公明、公子、公土、公襄、公牛、公玉、公牵、公干、公旗、公丘、公羊、公西、公何、公冶、公巫、公宣、公夏、公析、

Gong + 孫, 羊, 石 are two-syllable surnames from the Zhou dynasty

  • Gong Yang (公羊) clan from ruler Ji Ye (子野) son of Lu (state)
  • Gong Shi (公石) clan from ruler Ji Ban (子般) son of Lu (state)
  • Gong Sun (公孫) clan from royal Zi Chan (子產, 子产) of Zheng (state)

鞏, 巩

Gong
Traditional Chinese鞏
Simplified Chinese巩

Gong (traditional Chinese: 鞏; simplified Chinese: 巩), rank 370 in China

功

Gong (Chinese: 功), Chinese surname

貢

Gong (Chinese: 貢), Chinese surname

  • from add-name Ji Gong(子貢) of DuanMu Ci(端木賜)
    • DuanMu(端木:DyunMuk) clan from Shaohao(少昊)

宫

Gong (Chinese: 宫), Chinese surname

References

  1. ↑ 袁义达, 张诚 (2002). 中国姓氏: 群体遗传和人口分布. East China Normal University Press. p. 181. ISBN 9787561727690.
  2. ↑ 中原寻根: 源于河南千家姓. 河南人民出版社. 1994. p. 618. ISBN 9787215030701.
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