Nangong (surname)
Chinese surname
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Nangong is a Chinese surname[1][2] that sees varying levels of use in East Asia.
| Namgung | |||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 南宮 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 南宫 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese name | |||||||||||||||||
| 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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Regardless of country, Nangong is considered to be an uncommon surname, as only a small number of people have the surname.
Mainland China
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
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
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
People with this surname include:
Mainland China
- 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
- Naamgung Bok (南宮博), novelist.[6]
Fictional characters
- Nangong Yu, a playable character in Zenless Zone Zero.
See also
- Chinese compound surname
- Namgung, Korean version of this surname
