Nong (surname)

Nong
Stroke order of the simplified version of Nong (农)
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNóng
Wade–GilesNung2
IPA[nʊ̌ŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingNung4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJLâng
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese/nuoŋ/

Nong (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: 農 or 辳) is a Chinese surname meaning "farmer". It is romanized Nung in Wade–Giles or Cantonese romanization. According to a 2013 study, it was the 189th most common name in China; it was shared by 640,000 people, or 0.047% of the population, with the surname being most common in Guangxi. It is the 320th name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem.