Peng ( Chinese: 彭;

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: Péng; alternative forms of

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include Pang and Phang (

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), Pangestu or Pangestoe ( Indonesian), and Bành ( Vietnamese)) is a common Chinese family name, ranking 35th most common in 2006. It is the 47th name on the '' Hundred Family Surnames'' poem.

Etymology

The character (彭) is composed of (''zhǔ'' meaning "drum") and a pictograph (''shān'' representing "beats"). More commonly used as a

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, this character is also an adjective, meaning "big".

Origin

The surname Peng (彭) is traced to the legend of Peng Zu, God of Longevity, who legend tells lived 800 years. During the

Shang dynasty The Shang dynasty (), also known as the Yin dynasty (), was a Chinese royal dynasty founded by Tang of Shang (Cheng Tang) that ruled in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty a ...

, Jian Keng, a descendant of

Zhuanxu Zhuanxu (Chinese: trad. , simp. , pinyin ''Zhuānxū''), also known as Gaoyang ( t , s , p ''Gāoyáng''), was a mythological emperor of ancient China. In the traditional account recorded by Sima Qian, Z ...

, was granted the feudal territory Dapeng (Great Peng), and later adopted the name, Peng Zu.

Distribution

In 2019 it was the 31st most common surname in Mainland China. Of the top 30 cities in China, 彭 ranked 9th most common in the city of

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Korean surname

The same surname character is also found in Korea, where it is pronounced Paeng (). According to South Korea's 2000 Census, 2,825 people in 918 households had this surname. There are two major clan

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bon-gwan Bon-gwan (or Bongwan) is the concept of clan in Korea, which is used to distinguish clans that happen to share the same family name (clan name). Since Korea has been traditionally a Confucian country, this clan system is similar to ancient Chinese ...

'' (seat of a clan lineage, not necessarily the actual residence of clan members). The more common one, Jeolgang Paeng (1,578 people in 515 households), claims descent from Paeng U-deok (), who came from

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Ji ...

(pronounced Jeolgang in Sino-Korean reading), China to the Korean peninsula during the reign of King

Seonjo of Joseon Seonjo of Joseon (26 November 1552 – 16 March 1608) was the fourteenth king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea from 1567 to 1608. He was known for encouraging Confucianism and renovating state affairs at the beginning of his reign. However, politi ...

(r. 1567–1608). The less common one, Yonggang Paeng clan (795 people in 259 households), claims descent from Paeng Jeok (), who came from Jinling, China to the Korean peninsula in the retinue of

Princess Noguk Princess Supreme Noguk (; d. 8 March 1365; ), also known as Queen Indeok () and Queen Mother Indeok () during her stepson, King U of Goryeo's reign, was a Yuan dynasty imperial family member as the great-granddaughter of Darmabala and niece of ...

during the reign of King

Chungjeong of Goryeo Chungjeong of Goryeo (9 January 1338 – 23 March 1352, r. 1348–1351), born Wang Jeo (), was the 30th ruler of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea and was enthroned by imperial edict at the age of 12. He was sometimes known by his Mongolian name, Ch ...

(r. 1348–1351). Yonggang (

Ryonggang Ryonggang County is a county in South P'yŏngan province, North Korea. It is administered as a part of Namp'o Special City. It is famous for its local apples. Administrative divisions Ryonggang-gun is divided into one town (ŭp) and 10 village ...

) is located in an area that became part of

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...

after the division of Korea.

Notable people

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(彭耀顺; born 1966), Singaporean Chinese actor * Diana Pang (彭丹; born 1972), Hong Kong dancer and actress * Jacqueline Pang (彭晴; born 1974), Hong Kong radio announcer and author * Pang Siew Fum (彭秀芳), Malaysian drug trafficker serving

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Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

* Stella Pang (彭慧芝), Hong Kong engineer * Prajogo Pangestu (彭雲鵬), Indonesian tycoon *

Peng Bo Peng Bo (; born February 18, 1981, in Nanchang, Jiangxi) is a Chinese diving (sport), diver who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the men's 3m springboard diving event with a score of 787.38. He also competed in the Di ...

, Olympic diving medalist *

Peng Chang-kuei Peng Chang-kuei (; September 26, 1919 – November 30, 2016) was a Taiwanese chef who is sometimes credited with being the creator of General Tso's chicken, a popular Chinese dish in Western countries. Early life Peng was born on September 26, ...

(彭長貴), Taiwanese chef. * Peng Cheng-min (彭政閔), a Taiwanese baseball player * Peng Chong, a former Chinese politburo member *

Peng Dehuai Peng Dehuai (; October 24, 1898November 29, 1974) was a prominent Chinese Communist military leader, who served as China's Defense Minister from 1954 to 1959. Peng was born into a poor peasant family, and received several years of primary edu ...

(彭德怀), the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Ci ...

military leader, Marshal of the People's Republic of China. *

Peng Lei Peng Lei ( born 1972/73), also known as Lucy Peng, is a Chinese billionaire businesswoman. She is one of the founders of the e-commerce company Alibaba Group. As of March 2017, Peng was one of 21 self-made women billionaires in China. Career ...

(彭蕾), Chinese business executive at Alibaba Group *

Peng Liyuan Peng Liyuan (; born 20 November 1962) is a Chinese soprano and contemporary folk singer and the spouse of Xi Jinping, current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of the People's Republic of China. Peng gained populari ...

(彭丽媛), Wife of Chinese Paramount leader

Xi Jinping Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, ...

, public figure in her own right. * Peng Ming-min (彭明敏), Taiwan independence activist, DPP politician and first opposition candidate in a Taiwan presidential election * Peng Pai (彭湃), a pioneer of the Chinese agrarian movement and peasants' rights activist *

Peng Sheng-chu Peng Sheng-chu () is a Taiwanese politician and retired general of the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF). He is the Director-General of the National Security Bureau since 26 October 2016. Career Peng was once the chief bodyguard of Presiden ...

, Director-General of National Security Bureau of the

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeas ...

Peng Shilu Peng Shilu (; 18 November 1925 – 22 March 2021) was a Chinese nuclear engineer. Hailed as "the father of China's nuclear submarines" and the "father of China's naval nuclear propulsion", he was the first chief designer of the country's nuclea ...

(彭士禄), the "father of China's nuclear submarines" and the "father of China's naval nuclear propulsion", as the first chief designer of China's nuclear submarines * Peng Shige (彭实戈), a Chinese

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History On ...

Peng Shuai Peng Shuai (; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese retired professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked world No. 1 doubles player by the WTA, becoming the first Chinese tennis player to achieve that ranking (in either single ...

(彭帅), professional tennis player * Peng Wan-ru, Taiwanese politician and feminist * Peng Xiuwen (彭修文), conductor and composer * Peng Yang (彭羕),

Han Dynasty The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by th ...

official who served

Liu Bei Liu Bei (, ; ; 161 – 10 June 223), courtesy name Xuande (), was a warlord in the late Eastern Han dynasty who founded the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period and became its first ruler. Although he was a distant relative of the ...

* Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng, a professional ''League of Legends'' player for Team Liquid *

Peng Zhen Peng Zhen (pronounced ; October 12, 1902 – April 26, 1997) was a leading member of the Chinese Communist Party. He led the party organization in Beijing following the victory of the Communists in the Chinese Civil War in 1949, but was ...

(彭真), a leading member of the Chinese Communist Party *

The Pang Brothers Danny Pang Phat and Oxide Pang Chun, collectively known as the Pang Brothers, are a filmmaking duo of screenwriters and film directors. The pair are twins, born in Hong Kong in 1965. Among their films is the hit Asian horror film, '' The Eye'' ...

(born 1955), Hong Kong, twin brothers Danny Pang Fat (彭發) and Oxide Pang Chun (彭順), screenwriters and film directors *

Peng Qi Peng Qi is a fictional character in ''Water Margin'', one of the Four Great Classical Novels in Chinese literature. Nicknamed "General of Heavenly Vision", he ranks 43rd among the 108 Stars of Destiny and seventh among the 72 Earthly Fiends. Ba ...

, fictional character from the 14th century novel, ''

Water Margin ''Water Margin'' (''Shuihu zhuan'') is one of the earliest Chinese novels written in vernacular Mandarin, and is attributed to Shi Nai'an. It is also translated as ''Outlaws of the Marsh'' and ''All Men Are Brothers''. The story, which is ...

'' * Eddie Peng Yu-Yan (彭于晏), Canadian-Taiwanese actor * Peng Yuchang (彭昱暢), Chinese actor *

Peng Xiaoran Peng Xiaoran (, born 3 December 1990) is a Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chines ...

(彭小苒), Chinese actress * Peng Fai-nan, Governor of the

Central Bank of the Republic of China The Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (CBC), known in English from 1924 to 2007 as the Central Bank of China, is the central bank of the Republic of China, once founded in Mainland China and since relocated to Taiwan. Its legal an ...

(1998–2018) * Pong Cheng-sheng, Deputy Mayor of

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

* Peng Jiasheng (彭家聲), leader of the

Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army , logo = Flag of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army.svg , caption = Flag of the MNDAA , active= – present , leader = Peng Daxun , ideology = Kokang nationalismSeparatism , partof = Myanmar National Truth and Justice Party ...

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