Dōng ( "
East") is a Chinese surname. Its Vietnamese form is Đồng, Đông. It is listed 360th on the ''
Hundred Family Surnames'' poem.
An origin of Dong is the simplification of the surname
Dongfang, which originates from
Fu Xi. During the middle
Zhou Dynasty
The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history. The military control of China by th ...
, Dongguan (東關) the
Ji (姬) family reduce surname to Dong (東) in
Jin (晉國).
Donghu people (東胡) people get surname Dong (東) with tribe name.
See also
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Dǒng or Tung, a surname
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Dong
Chinese-language surnames
Individual Chinese surnames
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