Ping (surname)

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 in 2008.[2]

Ping (平)
PronunciationPíng (Mandarin)
Language(s)Chinese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
Other names
Variant form(s)P'ing

Notable people

People from elsewhere with the surname

  • Jean Ping (born 1942), Gabonese diplomat and Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union
  • Nimrod Ping (1947–2006), politician in Brighton, England

References

  1. "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames]. Guoxue (in Chinese). Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  2. 中国最新300大姓排名(2008) [300 most common surnames in China (2008)]. Taiwan.cn (in Chinese). 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
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