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Surname Chong

張 · 鍾 · 章 · 莊

Chong is a spelling of several Chinese surnames, mainly 張, as well as 鍾, 章 and 莊.

Characters for the surname Chong

The spelling Chong is common in Hakka and Cantonese romanization.

  • 張

    to stretch; surname

    Hakka chông / Mandarin zhāng

    attested

  • 张

    to stretch; surname (simplified form)

    Hakka chông / Mandarin zhāng (simplified form of 張)

    attested

  • 鍾

    vessel for alcohol; surname

    Hakka chûng / Mandarin zhōng

    attested

  • 章

    chapter; composition; surname

    Hakka chông / Mandarin zhāng

    attested

  • 莊

    village; solemn; surname

    Cantonese zong1 / Hakka chông / Mandarin zhuāng

張 all spellings of zhāng鍾 all spellings of zhōng章 all spellings of zhāng莊 all spellings of zhuāng

Possible characters for Chong

Chong 張 zhāng · Hakka 鍾 zhōng · Hakka 章 zhāng · Hakka 莊 zhuāng · Cantonese · Hakka
The spelling Chong can stand for 4 characters. The spelling alone does not show which one a family uses.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
張zhāng · Hakka
鍾zhōng · Hakka
章zhāng · Hakka
莊zhuāng · Cantonese · Hakka

Other spellings of the same character

  • Teo 張Teochew, Hokkien
  • Chang 張 章Hakka, Teochew, Cantonese
  • Cheong 張 章Cantonese
  • Tiong 張Foochow, Hokkien
  • Teoh 張Hokkien
  • Zhang 張 章Mandarin (pinyin)
  • Choong 鍾Hakka
  • Cheng 鍾Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, Mandarin (pinyin)
  • Chung 鍾Cantonese, Hakka
  • Zhong 鍾Mandarin (pinyin)

About the surname Chong

Chong is a spelling of several Chinese surnames, mainly 張 (simplified 张), read chông in Hakka. The same spelling is used for 章 (Hakka chông), 鍾 (Hakka chûng) and 莊 (Cantonese zong1, Hakka chông). The meaning depends on which character a family uses. According to JPN, the surname peaked in the 1940s with 1,677 baby boys.

Chong in official JPN data

1940s
Boy: 1,677 · 9.8% Girl: 1,493 · 7.9%
1950s
Boy: 890 · 9.9%
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Chong as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Chinese table. In these records the name JPN publishes is often the surname. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 張 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 章 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 鍾 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 莊 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  5. MDBG: 張 · mdbg.net · meaning
  6. MDBG: 张 · mdbg.net · meaning
  7. MDBG: 章 · mdbg.net · meaning
  8. MDBG: 鍾 · mdbg.net · meaning
  9. MDBG: 莊 · mdbg.net · meaning

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