Kung (龔)
A Taiwanese surname.
龔 Kung
- Zhuyin
- ㄍㄨㄥ
- Pinyin
- gōng
- Wade-Giles
- Kung
- Further spellings of 龔
- Gung, Gong
- Taiwanese Hokkien (Tâi-lô)
- Kíng
- Hakka (Sixian)
- giung²⁴
- Rank in Taiwan
- 88th most common surname, roughly 0.11% of the population (2023 Ministry of the Interior figures)
What the character means
In classical texts it stands in for 供 'to supply' and 恭 'respectful'.
Where the surname comes from
Tradition derives it from the surname Gong (共): according to one account, a branch fleeing danger added 龍 to 共, forming 龔. Hall name (堂號): 武陵堂.
Saying it 我姓龔 — wǒ xìng gōng (ㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄥ), "my family name is 龔"
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).