Chinese surnames

宗

zōng · Zōng

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 176
Ancestral seat (junwang)
京兆
Wikidata
Q4505445

In other languages

  • German Zōng
  • English Zōng
  • Spanish Zong
  • French Zōng
  • Korean 쭝
  • Russian Цзун
  • Vietnamese Tông

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Zong Qinghou1945 – 2024

    Chinese businessman

  • Zong Ai401 – 452

    Chinese eunuch and politician

  • Zong Yu188 – 264

    Chinese general and diplomat (died 264)

  • Zong Ze1060 – 1128

    Song dynasty general (1060–1128)

  • Zong Chen1525 – 1560

    Chinese writer

  • Zong Chuke601 – 710

    Tang Chancellor

  • Zong Que? – 465

    serviceman in the Liu Song Dynasty

  • Zong Bao? – 200

    fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

  • Zong Lin500 – 563

    Chinese writer

  • Joseph Zong Huaide1917 – 1997

    Chinese bishop of Zhoucun

  • 宗越408 – 465

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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).