Chinese surname · rank 109
洪
洪 is read as hóng.
Pinyin
hóng
Script forms
Simplified and traditional 洪
Basic meaning
flood; vast; great
Five element
Water
Origin
Time: Ancient water/place-name traditions and later branch layers; Ancient surname tradition, before 221 BCE; exact calendar year not pinned by the attached sources
Place: Multiple water-place traditions across China
Origin note
Hong surname traditions include water-place names and branch-name explanations. The page presents Hong as a water/place surname layer and keeps the basic meaning 'flood/great water' visible.
Historical figures
洪秀全
1814-1864 CE · Taiping leader
The central leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
洪适
1117-1184 CE · Southern Song scholar
A Song scholar and official, brother of Hong Mai.