Chinese surname · rank 396
仝
仝 is read as tóng.
tóng
Simplified and traditional 仝
together, same
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Time: Jin-Yuan layer, 1115-1368 CE
Place: Tong/同 variant-writing tradition across northern Chinese surname books; Jurchen Jiagu / Jialie changed-surname layer in Jin-Yuan northern context; later distribution in Henan, Shandong, Hebei, and related northern localities
Origin note
Tong/仝 is best handled as a later continuation surname with variant-writing and changed-surname layers. One source-backed layer treats 仝 as a written form connected with Tong/同, whose meaning is same or together. A separate layer records northern ethnic compound surnames such as Jurchen Jiagu / Jialie later changing to Tong. The entry keeps those layers separate and avoids inventing an ancient single-founder account.
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