Namgung

Namgung
Chinese name
Chinese 南宮
Japanese name
Kanji 南宮
Hiragana なんぐう
Korean name
Hangul 남궁
Hanja 南宮

Namgung[1] is an East Asian surname that sees varying levels of use in China, Japan, and Korea.

Regardless of country, Namgung is considered to be an uncommon surname, as only a small number of people have the surname.

China

In China, the surname Nangong appears in the Song dynasty book Hundred Family Surnames. According to a statistical analysis released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China in 2014, Nangong is estimated to be the surname for 13,000 people in China in 2010.[2]

Hong Kong

In Hong Kong, Namgung is a surname that is often associated with the "Mailbox of Madame Namgung" (南宮夫人信箱), a Dear Abby-style advice column in the 1950s and 1960s that often dispenses tips and advises related to Human sexuality.[3]

Japan

In Japan, the surname Nanguu is estimated to be the surname of about 200 people, with half of them concentrated in the Hyōgo Prefecture, Osaka Prefecture, and Tokyo.[4]

Korea

In Korea, there are historically 6 Namgung Bon-gwan clans, including Hamyeol, Puyun, Nampyong, Ryongan, Uiryeong, and Chasan.[5]

Ancient Korean literatures have noted that the ancestors of the Hamyeol Namgung clan hail from Nangong Kuo, a key adviser in King Wen of Zhou's court.[5]

In South Korea, statistics from 2000 indicate the Hamyeol Namgung clan has 18,703 members.[6]

Notable people

People with this surname include:

China

Hong Kong/Taiwan

  • Naamgung Bok (南宮博), novelist.[8]

Korea

  • Namgung Woncheng (南宮元淸), Goryeo general that is noted to be the ancestor of the Hamyeol Namgung clan.[5]
  • Namgung Shin (南宮信), Goryeo military officer
  • Namkoong Won (born 1934), stage name of South Korean actor Hong Gyeong-il
  • Namkung Do (born 1982), South Korean football player
  • Namkoong Min (born 1978), South Korean actor
  • Namkung Woong (born 1984), South Korean football player

Fictional

References

  1. ↑ Name transliterated from Korean. Check the infobox in this article for different transliterated spelling of the name
  2. ↑ Wu, Jie; Yang, Jianchun (2014). "张、王、李、赵谁最多——2010年人口普查姓氏结构和分布特点 (Zhang, Wang, Li, Zhao: Which one is the most popular -- 2010 Census' characteristics on surname structure and distribution)". 中国统计 (Chinese Statistics) (in Simplified Chinese) (6). Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "香港報紙 「信箱」大放異采 (The "mailboxes" of Hong Kong newspapers shine in their own ways)". am730 (in Traditional Chinese). 1 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "【南宮】姓の由来と語源 (Origin of the surname "Nanguu")". name-power.net (in Japanese). 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 Hongmungwan. "增補文獻備考卷 (Chŭngbo munhŏn pigo kwŏn)" (in Korean (Hanja)). 10-15. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "家口 및 人口統計表 (Household and population census list)" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 11 December 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  7. ↑ Zhang, Renyuan (2003). 中华姓氏故事 (Stories of Chinese Surnames). Daxiang Publishers. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  8. ↑ Cai, Zaomin (2014). 南宮搏著作研究 (A research into Naamgung Bok's literary works) (in Traditional Chinese). Taiwan: Wanjuanlou Books Co. Ltd. ISBN 978-957-739-858-1. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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