Nangong (surname)
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| Traditional Chinese | 南宮 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 南宫 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese alphabet | Nam Cung | ||||||||||||||||
| Hán-Nôm | 南宮 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 남궁 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 南宮 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 南宮 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hiragana | なんぐう なんきゅう | ||||||||||||||||
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Nangong is a Chinese surname[1][2] that sees varying levels of use in East Asia.
Regardless of country, Nangong is considered to be an uncommon surname, as only a small number of people have the surname.
Mainland China
[edit]In Mainland China, the surname Nangong appears in the Song dynasty book Hundred Family Surnames. According to a statistical analysis released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China in 2014, Nangong is estimated to be the surname for 13,000 people in China in 2010.[3]
Hong Kong
[edit]In Hong Kong, Namgung is a surname that is often associated with the "Mailbox of Madame Namgung" (南宮夫人信箱), a Dear Abby-style advice column in the 1950s and 1960s that often dispenses tips and advises related to Human sexuality.[4]
Japan
[edit]In Japan, the surname Nangū is estimated to be the surname of about 200 people, with half of them concentrated in the Hyōgo Prefecture, Osaka Prefecture, and Tokyo.[2]
Notable people
[edit]People with this surname include:
Mainland China
[edit]- Nangong Kuo, a disciple of Confucius.
- Nangong Kuo (Western Zhou), Zhou dynasty political figure.
- Nangong Wan, a general of the Song State during the Warring States period.[5]
Hong Kong/Taiwan
[edit]- Naamgung Bok (南宮博), novelist.[6]
See also
[edit]- Chinese compound surname
- Namgung, Korean version of this surname
References
[edit]- ^ Hongmungwan. 增補文獻備考卷 (Chŭngbo munhŏn pigo kwŏn) (in Korean). 10–15. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b 【南宮】姓の由来と語源 (Origin of the surname "Nanguu"). name-power.net (in Japanese). 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ^ Wu, Jie; Yang, Jianchun (2014). 张、王、李、赵谁最多——2010年人口普查姓氏结构和分布特点 (Zhang, Wang, Li, Zhao: Which one is the most popular -–2010 Census' characteristics on surname structure and distribution). 中国统计 [Chinese Statistics] (in Simplified Chinese) (6). Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ 香港報紙 「信箱」大放異采 [The "mailboxes" of Hong Kong newspapers shine in their own ways]. am730 (in Simplified Chinese). 1 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ Zhang, Renyuan (2003). 中华姓氏故事 [Stories of Chinese Surnames]. Daxiang Publishers. ISBN 9787534731150. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ^ Cai, Zaomin (2014). 南宮搏著作研究 [A research into Naamgung Bok's literary works] (in Simplified Chinese). Wanjuanlou Books Co. Ltd. ISBN 978-957-739-858-1. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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