Hong is the

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of the

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(''Hóng''). It was listed 184th among the

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''. Today it is not among the 100 most common surnames in mainland China but it was the 15th-most-common surname in Taiwan in 2005. As counted by a Chinese census,

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is the area with the largest number of people with the name. It is also the pinyin romanization of a number of less-common names including ''Hóng'' (), ''Hóng'' ( t , s ), and ''Hóng'' (). All of those names are romanized as Hung in Wade-Giles. "Hong" is also one spelling employed for the

Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding ar ...

pronunciation of the surname Xiong (). The

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and Teochew romanization of Hong (that uses the character 洪) is Ang, which is also used for Wang (, ''Wāng''). It is also the romanization used for the Korean surname Hong, which uses the character 洪 in

hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...

, the Khmer surname ហុង (Hong), as well as the surname Hồng in Vietnam, from the Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese character 洪.

Origin

The name literally means "flood". The legendary origin of the family links it to descendants of the Yan Emperor who originally bore the ancestral name (''xing'') Jiang (姜) and the clan name "Gonggong" (共共). The Gonggongs directed irrigation works and managed flood control on the west bank of the

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in the southeast corner of the

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above the Wei. After the

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conquered the Yan Emperor's territory, his relatives and descendants were persecuted and the Gonggong rebelled during the reign of the Gaoyang Emperor. The future Ku Emperor led an army against the rebellion and crushed them at the Battle of Bei Zhou Shan. Supposedly, among his soldiers were the descendants of Suiren, credited with the invention of fire, so that this is referred to in Chinese sources as a battle between fire and water. The Gonggong were reinstated in their former position only to provoke widespread flooding under the Yao Emperor when they opposed some of his orders. A second army brought a second defeat and the Yao Emperor banished the Gonggong to

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. When the Chinese ceased to have both ancestral and clan names, many Gonggongs combined the water

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from ''jiang'' with the character ''gong'' to produce Hong.

Ancestral centers

Dunhuang Dunhuang () is a county-level city in Northwestern Gansu Province, Western China. According to the 2010 Chinese census, the city has a population of 186,027, though 2019 estimates put the city's population at about 191,800. Dunhuang was a major s ...

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and

Nanchang Nanchang (, ; ) is the capital of Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China. Located in the north-central part of the province and in the hinterland of Poyang Lake Plain, it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east ...

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north into h ...

List of persons with the surname

Hong

* Hong Chengchou (1593–1665), Chinese official under the

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and

Qing The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

dynasties * Hong Liangji (1746–1809), Chinese scholar, statesman, political theorist, and philosopher * Hong Xiuquan (born Hong Houxiu; 1814–1862), a leader of the

Taiping Rebellion The Taiping Rebellion, also known as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, was a massive rebellion and civil war that was waged in China between the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Han, Hakka-led Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It laste ...

Hong Rengan Hong Rengan (; 18 February 1822 – 23 November 1864) was an important leader of the Taiping Rebellion. He was a distant cousin of the movement's founder and spiritual leader Hong Xiuquan. His position as the Gan Wang (干王, lit. "the Shield Ki ...

(1822–1864), a leader of the

* Hong Yuanshuo (1948–2015), Chinese football manager and football player * Jian Fang Lay (''Hóng Jiànfāng'' 洪劍芳; born 1973), right-handed Australian ladies

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player * Apple Hong (''Hóng Yǐxīn'' 洪乙心; born 1978), Singaporean-Malaysian actress and singer * Hong Peiyun (born 2001), Chinese idol singer and member of Chinese idol group

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Hung

* Hung Shing (), Tang Dynasty official and was honoured as

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in Guangdong province and Hong Kong * Hung Hei-gun (; 1745–1825), Chinese martial artist of the Southern Shaolin school * William Hung (sinologist) (; 1893–1980), Chinese sinologist * Hung Tung (; born 1920), Taiwanese painter * Hung I-Hsiang (; 1925–1993), Taiwanese martial artist * John Hung (; born 1938), Hong Kong businessman * Hung Meng-chi (; born 1947), Taiwanese politician, Minister of Culture (2014–2016) * Hung Hsiu-chu (; born 1948), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician * Mien-Chie Hung (; born 1950), Taiwanese-born American molecular biologist and cancer researcher * Hung Chi-chang (; born 1951), Taiwanese politician, Chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation (2007–2008) *

Sammo Hung Sammo Hung Kam-bo ( zh, t=洪金寶, j=Hung4 Gam1-bou2; born 7 January 1952) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in martial arts films, Hong Kong action cinema, and as a fight choreographer for ot ...

(; born 1952), Hong Kong actor and martial artist * Hong Hong (), an actress from Hong Kong from 1950s to 1960s. Hong Hong has now retired from the film industry entirely. * Stephen Hung (; born 1959), Hong Kong property investor * Hung Huang (; born 1961), Chinese television host * Chris Hung (; born 1963), Taiwanese enka and Hokkien pop singer * Hung Chung Yam (; born 1967), Hong Kong former cyclist * Hong Chong fen (), a male lecturer from Hong Kong education university * Hung Cee Kay (; born 1972), Hong Kong swimmer * Timmy Hung (; born 1974), Hong Kong actor, son of Sammo Hung * Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung (; born 1976), Hong Kong-born American new media artist * Kit Hung (; born 1977), Hong Kong filmmaker * Osman Hung (; born 1979), Hong Kong actor * Amy Hung (; born 1980), Taiwanese golfer * Shih-Ting Hung (; born 1980), Taiwanese film director * Hung Tzu-yung (; born 1982), Taiwanese New Power Party politician * Tony Hung (; born 1983), Hong Kong TVB actor and host * Emily Hung (; born 1987), Taiwanese actress * Ken Hung (; born 1987), Hong Kong Cantopop singer *

Bruce Hung Bruce Hung (; born 7 September 1990) is a Taiwanese actor. He is known for his starring role in the 2014 film '' Café. Waiting. Love''. Filmography Film Television References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hung, Bruc ...

(; born 1990), Taiwanese actor * Hung Jui-chen (; born 1990), Taiwanese tennis player * Hung Shih-han (; born 1990), Taiwanese badminton player

Ang

* Ang Hin Kee (), Former Member of Parliament, Singapore * Ang Kiukok (), Filipino painter and national artist for Visual Arts. * Ang Mong Seng (), Former Member of Parliament, Singapore * Ang Wei Neng (), Former Member of Parliament, Singapore * Ang Saw Ean Belinda (), Judge of the Supreme Court, Singapore * Ang Ser Kian Joshua (), former Singaporean actor * Ang Ling Somaline (), Singaporean actress * Eric Ang * Ang Jun Heng (洪隽衡 hóng jùn héng), Singaporean robbery victim * Sunny Ang, Singaporean murderer

References

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