Fong
See also: fong
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Cantonese 方 (fong1), 房 (fong4), 馮／冯 (fung4), Taishanese 鄺／邝 (fong1), or other less common Chinese surnames.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Fong (plural Fongs)
- A surname from Chinese.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Fong is the 2018th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 17,889 individuals. Fong is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (81.11%) individuals.
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fong”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 587.
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French fond, from Latin fundus. The native Luxembourgish synonym Buedem is ultimately derived from the same Indo-European root, via a Germanic route.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Fong m (plural Fongen)
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