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Surname Attestation
The page explicitly describes Feng (峰) as a currently rare surname; according to the Zhonghua Gujin Xing Shi Da Cidian cited on the page, the surname occurs among both Han and Lisu groups.
峰 Surname
Population reference (not a current census): 54Origins
Place-Name Origin Theory
According to the page's quotation from Xingyuan, Xingzhou was established under Liang in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and renamed Fengzhou (峯州/峰州) under the Sui, with its seat in what is now Vietnam; the page says the surname may have taken the state name as its surname.
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Documentary Variant
The page states that Xing shi kaolüe writes the surname as 峯 and identifies 峯 as a variant form of 峰; the cited note says it was derived from a mountain peak and that the surname existed in Shanxi.
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