Fèng (surname) explained

Fèng (凤/鳳)
Language:	Chinese
Language origin:	Old Chinese
Derivation:	Gaoxin
Meaning:	Fenghuang
Derivative:	Fung

Fèng is a relatively common Chinese surname. It is the 54th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.^[1] It has the same radical-frame with, and therefore appears similar to, a less common surname Feng ("wind" 風, simplified 风 with a flat first tone), but "phoenix" is pronounced with a falling fourth tone fèng.

Origin of various Feng family

• Gaoxin family of ancient China period
• Ji (surname) of Zhou dynasty period
• Hui people the Arab people after Han dynasty period
• Feng (family name) (风) in the any dynasty period
• Public Office name of Tang dynasty period
• Khitan people of Liao dynasty period
• Mongolian the Donghu people in the any dynasty period

See also

• Fang (surname)
• Bong (surname)

References

1. K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. .