Chinese surnames

荣

róng · Rong

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 199
Ancestral seat (junwang)
上谷
Wikidata
Q4181640

In other languages

  • German Rong
  • English Rong
  • Spanish Rong
  • French Rong
  • Korean 룽
  • Russian Жун
  • Vietnamese Vinh (họ)
  • Traditional Chinese 榮

Notable historical bearers

Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.

  • Rong Yiren1916 – 2005

    former Vice President of the People's Republic of China (1916–2005)

  • Rong Zhen1891 – 1960

    Chinese Army general

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Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).