Namgung

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

Namgung
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese南宮
Simplified Chinese南宫
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetNam Cung
Hán-Nôm南宮
Korean name
Hangul남궁
Hanja南宮
Japanese name
Kanji南宮
Hiraganaなんぐう
なんきゅう

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

Mainland China

In Mainland 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:

Mainland 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 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 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. Hongmungwan. 增補文獻備考卷 (Chŭngbo munhŏn pigo kwŏn) (in Korean). 10-15. Retrieved 27 February 2018. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  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 Chinese). Wanjuanlou Books Co. Ltd. ISBN 978-957-739-858-1. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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