Zong (surname)

Zong is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 宗. The Wade-Giles transliteration is Tsung.

Zong is also a Cantonese-derived spelling for the surname Zhuang (庄/莊).

According to a 2013 study it was the 217th most common surname, shared by 450,000 people or 0.034% of the population, with Jiangsu being the province with the most people.

People with the surname

Zong Ai (宗愛) (died 452), Northern Wei eunuch

Zong Bing (宗炳) (375-444), Chinese artist and musician

Zong Chen (宗臣) (1525–1560), Ming dynasty scholar-official

Zong Chuke (宗楚客) (d. 710), Tang dynasty chancellor

Zong Lei (宗磊) (b. 1981), Chinese footballer

Zong Pu (宗璞) (b. 1928), Chinese writer and scholar

Zong Qinghou (宗庆后) (b. 1945), Chinese entrepreneur

Zong Qinke (宗秦客) (d. 691), Tang dynasty official

Zong Xiangqing (宗祥慶) (b. 1960), Chinese Olympic fencer

Zong Yu (宗預) (d. 263), Three Kingdoms general

Connie Chung (宗毓華 Zōng Yùhuá), American news anchor and journalist

Zong Zoua Her, ethnic Hmong leader

Zong Xiao Chen (宗笑尘) (born 1998), Chinese professional darts player

Chinese-language surnames

Individual Chinese surnames