Ping (surname)
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Ping is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 平 in Chinese character. It is romanized P'ing in Wade–Giles. Ping is listed 95th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] It is not among the 300 most common surnames in China in 2008.[2][needs update]
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| Pronunciation | Píng (Mandarin) |
|---|---|
| Language | Chinese |
| Origin | |
| Language | Old Chinese |
| Other names | |
| Variant form | P'ing |
Notable people
- Ping Dang (平當; died 4 AD), Han dynasty chancellor
- Ping Yan (平晏; died 20 AD), son of Ping Dang, Xin dynasty government minister
- Ping An (平安; died 1409), Ming dynasty general, adopted son of the Hongwu Emperor
- Ping Hailan (平海澜; 1885–1960), educator, co-founder of Utopia University
- Ping Fan (平凡; 1920–1999), Hong Kong actor
- Ping Hsin-tao (平鑫濤; 1927–2019), Taiwanese publisher and filmmaker, husband of Chiung Yao
- Ping Yali (平亚丽; born 1961), long jumper, first Chinese Paralympic gold medalist
- Ping An (平安; born 1978), singer
People from elsewhere with the surname
- Jean Ping (born 1942), Gabonese diplomat and Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union
- Nimrod Ping (1947–2006), politician in Brighton, England
