Chinese surnames

康

kāng · Kang

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 88
Ancestral seat (junwang)
京兆
Wikidata
Q3594969

In other languages

  • German Kang
  • English Kang
  • French Kang
  • Korean 캉
  • Russian Кан
  • Vietnamese Khang

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Kang Youwei1858 – 1927

    Chinese politician and scholar (1858-1927)

  • Kang Keqing1911 – 1992

    Chinese politician and sixth wife of Zhu De (1911-1992)

  • Kang Tongbi1881 – 1969

    Chinese activist, journalist and writer

  • Zhu Youwen801 – 912

    Later Liang prince

  • Kang Shi'en1915 – 1995

    politician (1915-1995)

  • Kang Hai1475 – 1540

    Ming dynasty politician

  • Wang Guoquan1911 – 2004

    Chinese diplomat

  • Kang Junli847 – 894

    Tang Dynasty's military general

  • Ze Kang1904 – 1967

    Chinese general and politician (1904–1967)

  • Kang Yanxiao801 – 926

    Chinese general

Find printed genealogies

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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).