Feng (馮)
A Taiwanese surname.
馮 Feng
- Zhuyin
- ㄈㄥˊ
- Pinyin
- féng
- Wade-Giles
- Feng
- Further spellings of 馮
- Fong
- Taiwanese Hokkien (Tâi-lô)
- Pâng
- Hakka (Sixian)
- pung¹¹
- Rank in Taiwan
- 76th most common surname, roughly 0.16% of the population (2023 Ministry of the Interior figures)
What the character means
Read píng, it means 'to wade across' or 'to rely on' in classical texts (like 憑).
Where the surname comes from
Tradition traces it to Bi Wan (畢萬) of the state of Jin, a descendant of Gao, Duke of Bi; his descendants who held the fief of Feng (馮) took its name, so Feng and Wei are said to share an ancestor. Hall name (堂號): 始平堂.
Saying it 我姓馮 — wǒ xìng féng (ㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄈㄥˊ), "my family name is 馮"
Sources: rank and share, 內政部 全國姓名統計分析 (Ministry of the Interior, National Name Statistics), data as of 2023-06-30. Taiwanese Hokkien readings, 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (MOE Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi), 百家姓 appendix. Hakka, 教育部臺灣客語辭典 (MOE Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka), 百家姓表, Sixian (四縣腔).