Cong (surname)
Romanization | Ts'ung, Tsung |
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Pronunciation | Cóng (Mandarin) |
Language(s) | Chinese |
Origin | |
Word/name | Xiongnu |
Cong, Cung or Tsung (丛/
Definition
[edit]Cong (
Other similar surnames
[edit]Not to be confused with other surname pronounced "Cong", "Cung", or "Tsung", for example, 从/
Background
[edit]Cong (丛/
Historical origins
[edit]The Congs are originally of Xiongnu origin. They trace their ancestry to King Xiutu of the Xiongnu. In 121 BC, Xiongnu King Hunxie killed King Xiutu when Xiutu refused to surrender to the Chinese with Hunxie. The fourteen-year-old Crown Prince Midi was taken to China and raised as a stable hand. One day, when Emperor Wu of Han was inspecting the horses with his wives, all the servants were mesmerized by the royal entourage, except for Midi. Emperor Wu of Han took favor of the prince and granted him the Chinese surname Jin, meaning gold, because the prince used to make sacrifices with golden statues as a part of the Xiongnu rituals.
Jin Midi and his descendants later rose to prominent positions in the Han court. However, due to dynastic changes, the descendants of Jin Midi were persecuted for their royalist ties to the Han Dynasty. They escaped and after over forty years of wandering, they eventually arrived at Cong Hill in Buye (modern day Wendeng District, Weihai, Shandong Province), and changed their surname to Cong.
Rank
[edit]Cong is ranked as the 127th most popular Chinese surname.[citation needed] The population with the surname Cong tend to be more concentrated in the northern regions of China.
People with the last name Cong accounts for about 0.1% of Han population.
Notable people
[edit]- Cong Huanling (born 1978), Chinese rower
- Jason Cong (丛京
生 ; born 1963), Chinese-born American computer scientist, educator and entrepreneur - Cong Peiwu (丛培
武 ; born 1976), Chinese diplomat formerly serving as Chinese Ambassador to Canada - Cong Weixi (从维熙; 19332019), Chinese novelist
- Cong Wenjing (从文
景 ; born 1962), Chinese politician - Cong Yanxia (丛艳
霞 ; born 1976), former handball player - Cong Yuzhen (simplified Chinese: 丛玉
珍 ; traditional Chinese:叢 玉 珍 ; born 1963), Chinese shot put athlete