Leng (surname)

Leng is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character and Vietnamese surname written Lãnh. It is listed 377th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] As of 2008, it is the 246th most common surname in China, shared by 300,000 people.[2]

Leng (冷)
PronunciationLěng (Mandarin)
Language(s)Chinese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese

Notable people

References

  1. "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
  2. 中国最新300大姓排名(2008) [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
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