Ping (surname)

For the surname romanized Ping in Wade–Giles, see Bing (Chinese surname).
Ping (平)
Pronunciation Píng (Mandarin)
Language(s) Chinese
Origin
Language(s) Old Chinese
Other names
Variant(s) P'ing

Ping is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized P'ing in Wade–Giles. Ping is listed 95th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] It is not among the 300 most common surnames in China.[2]

Notable people

References

  1. "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  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 2014-09-24.
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