Gong (surname)


Gong is a surname which can be found throughout Eurasian continent. It is the English transcription of a number of different Chinese surnames: 江, 宫, 龔, 共, 公, 鞏, 功, 貢, and 弓. Gong may also be a Korean surname, but this Korean Gong may be the English transcription of another surname Kong.
The surname Gong also recorded in over seventy spellings and found throughout Europe in forms including Hue, Hugh, Hugo, Hew, the Swisse Huge, the Bavarian Hugg and the French aphetics Gan, Gange, Gon, Gong, Gonge, Gonger, Gunge, the diminutives Hugett, Huelin, Hugonneau, Gangee, Gangey, Gonnet, Gonout, Gonoude, and the Italian Ughini, this is a name which is ultimately of pre 7th century German origins. It was to be found in almost every European country by the 12th century.

Surname Gong 江

Surname Gong 龔, 共

Gong, also transcribed as Kung or Kong from Cantonese, is the 99th most prevalent Chinese surname listed in the ancient Song Dynasty classic text, "Hundred Family Surnames". In Chinese writing, the character "龚" is composed of the two characters 龙 and 共.
As of 2002, there are around 1.5 million people with the Gong 龚 surname in China, representing 0.2% of its population. They are most commonly found along the Yangtze River basin, especially in the province of Anhui.

Origin

According to one story, the surname Gong 龔 was derived from the other Gong. An ancestor of the Gong clan with the surname 共 had to flee from troubles, and change his surname from 共 to 龔 by adding the character for dragon on top. According to other legends, they are the descendants of a minister of the Huang Emperor named Gong Gu, or the descendants of Gong Gong, a minister of Emperor Yao.
The Gong surname may also be derived from the Gong tribe of the Ba state in Sichuan, and during the Han Dynasty there were a number of prominent people with surname Gong from the lower reaches of Jialing River.
Gong, is a Chinese and Korean surname. The other Gong surnames 共, 龔, 鞏, 功, 貢 have disappeared from Korea.
Gong may be derived from china's a two-syllable family names:
Gong + 孫, 羊, 石 are two-syllable surnames from the Zhou Dynasty
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Gong, Chinese surname
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