Sung (宋)
A Taiwanese surname.
宋 Sung
- Zhuyin
- ㄙㄨㄥˋ
- Pinyin
- sòng
- Wade-Giles
- Sung
- Further spellings of 宋
- Song
- Taiwanese Hokkien (Tâi-lô)
- Sòng
- Hakka (Sixian)
- sung⁵⁵
- Rank in Taiwan
- 53rd most common surname, roughly 0.32% of the population (2023 Ministry of the Interior figures)
What the character means
The name of the ancient state of Song, and of the Song dynasty.
Where the surname comes from
Tradition traces it to the state of Song in present-day Shangqiu, Henan, which the Zhou granted to Weizi Qi (微子啟), elder half-brother of the last Shang king. When Song fell in 286 BCE, its people took the state's name. Hall name (堂號): 京兆堂.
Saying it 我姓宋 — wǒ xìng sòng (ㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄙㄨㄥˋ), "my family name is 宋"
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).