Cong Surname

Surname Overview

Pronunciation and Population

The surname Cong is pronounced cóng. It ranks 127th among Chinese surnames and accounts for about 0.1% of China's Han population.

Reference: 丛姓 _ 百科

Origins

Descent from Cong Zhi

One lineage is traditionally traced to Cong Zhi, leader of the state of Zhi during Emperor Yao's era, whose descendants adopted their ancestor's name as their surname.

Reference: 丛姓 _ 百科

Jin Midi's Descendants and Congjiaxian

Chibei Outan records that descendants of Jin Midi moved to Congjiaxian, in present-day Wendeng, Weihai, Shandong, and adopted Cong from the place-name as their surname; most members of the Cong clan honor Jin Midi as the founding ancestor of the surname.

Reference: 丛姓 _ 百科

Other Toponymic and Renamed Lines

The surname may also derive from place-names such as Congtai. Some lines arose through surname changes among ethnic minorities, including the Manchu Congnile clan's adoption of Cong.

Reference: 丛姓起源分布与家谱家族

Migration and Distribution

Contemporary Geographic Sample

Among 23Mofang genetic-testing users surnamed Cong, the largest reported places of origin were Shandong, Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang, accounting for 43.1%, 17.8%, 12.1%, and 10.3%, respectively.

Reference: 丛姓起源分布与家谱家族

Notable People

Notable Members of the Wendeng Cong Clan

Cong Lan, the Ming dynasty Minister of Works in Nanjing, belonged to the Wendeng Cong clan. His grandson Cong Dawei was a Qing dynasty poet and calligrapher.

Reference: 丛姓起源分布与家谱家族