Is Chong also an Irish or English surname ?

Question

Is Chong also an Irish or English surname ?

Answer 1

Meaning and origin of the surname Zhong, pronounced Chong :-

The 56th most common last name in China. The Zhongs are the descendents of Shang Tang. During the Zhou Dynasty, a descendent of Shang Tang, Wei Zi Qi was made the duke of Song (south of Shanqiu in Henan). A few generations later, Song Heng Gong had a son called Ao. Ao had a grandson Bo Zhong, who was a judge in the Jin kingdom. Bo pleaded for the duke of Jin to repent from his unrighteousness and was executed. His son Zhou Li fled to the kingdom of Chu and became the prime minister. He was awarded the land of ZhongLi (north East of Fengyang in Anhui), and his descendents were known as the ZhongLis. Among them, ZhongLi Mei was a general under Xiang Yu. After Xiang Yu was defeated by Liu Bang, ZhongLi Mei committed Suicide. Mei's son, Jie, fled to Zhangge in Henan, and changed his last name to Zhong. Zhong Jie can be considered as the forefather of the Zhong family. (Zhong means clock).

Answer 2

Neither.  It is Chinese.

Answer 3

Tong is an ancient English name. There is a tiny village called Tong just outside of Telford. Maybe Chong could be a variant.

Answer 4

I could only find it as Chinese or Korean surname, although there are many Chongs now living in England.

Answer 5

Surname: Chong

This is a Chinese surname, which like many oriental names can also be described as "descriptively ornamental". It translates as "hanging bell", and as such is a typical example of a surname which is designed to be pleasant and inoffensive. The similar sounding "Chang" for instance, which is both Chinese and Korean, can mean a variety of things such as "bow-string", or "open mountain", or "constant". Curiously Germany, the origin of most agressive Anglo-Saxon and Norman surnames, is also the home of 18th century ornamental names such as Grenberg (Green mountain) or Brumfeld (Broom field), all designed to give a pleaant feel to the name. Unfortunately we are not able to provide early examples of Chines and Korean surname recordings. There are two reasons. Firstly they rarely existed at all except amongst the noblest of families, and secondly when they did exist they were written in the native tongue of the area, and have either been destroyed or have not usually been translated into a Romanish copy. This means that the surname in its "anglicised" form is usually recorded either in the United States of America, and then only from about 1930, or very occasionally in the surviving registers of former English or Dutch colonies.