Bong may also be a Belgian surname of unclear origin, a Swedish surname originating from the word bang meaning "noise", and a
Tibetan clan name.[1][4]
Statistics
In the Netherlands, there were 53 people with the surname Bong as of 2007, primarily of
Chinese Indonesian origin.[5] The 2000 South Korean census found 11,819 people in 3,629 households with the surnames spelled Bong in the Revised Romanization of Korean, divided among 11,492 people in 3,528 households for Batdeul Bong, and 327 people in 101 households for Bongsae Bong.[3] Statistics compiled by
Patrick Hanks on the basis of the
2011 United Kingdom census and the
Census of Ireland 2011 found 53 people with the surname Bong on the island of
Great Britain and one on the island of
Ireland. In the
1881 United Kingdom census there were five bearers of the surname.[1] The
2010 United States census found 1,208 people with the surname Bong, making it the 21,599th-most-common surname in the country. This represented an increase from 1,051 people (22,783rd-most-common) in the
2000 census. In the 2010 census, roughly 44% of the bearers of the surname identified as Asian (up from 36% in the 2000 census), and 50% as
non-Hispanic white (down from 58% in the 2000 census).[6]
People
Chinese surnames
Bong Swan An (黄双安; 1931–2018), Chinese-born Indonesian entrepreneur
Bong Kee Chok (黄紀作; 1937–2023), leader of the North Kalimantan Communist Party
Diana Bong (黃湘琳; born 1985), Malaysian wushu athlete and coach
^
abFor both of these surnames, the mainstream Hakka pronunciation would be spelled with a "v", e.g.
Pha̍k-fa-sṳVòng. However, in some dialects of Hakka spoken on
Borneo, including in
Singkawang,
Kuching, and
Serian, the initial has
shifted to /b/. This is possibly due to
crosslinguistic influence from the
Malay language, which lacks voiced labial fricatives. Hakka as spoken in
peninsular Malaysia does not exhibit this shift. See 吳中杰 [Wu Chung-chieh]; 陳素秋 [Tan Su-chiew] (May 2015).
砂拉越古晉石角區甲港客語音韻及詞彙調查與比較研究 [Phonological and Lexical Investigation and Comparative Studies on Hakka in Sungai Tapang, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia] (PDF). Global Hakka Studies. 6: 142. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^
ab"행정구역(구시군)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구" [Family names by administrative region (district, city, county): separated by bon-gwan, households and individuals]. Korean Statistical Information Service. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^Sunbin is not a given name but a
title for concubines; her given name was not recorded, only her surname Bong.
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