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Traditional Chinese | 農 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 农 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nong ( trad. 農 or 辳, simp. 农) is a Chinese surname meaning "farmer". [1] It is romanized Nung in Wade–Giles or Cantonese romanization. [1] According to a 2013 study, it was the 189th most common name in China; it was shared by 640,000 people, or 0.047% of the population, with the surname being most common in Guangxi. [2] It is the 320th name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem. [3]
Two origins are proposed: