A surname meaning 'farmer', from the ancient state of Nong.
Why it scores this way
Easy to say96
Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.
Recognised in China44
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write90
6 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
Nong Zhi — —
Nong Jingsun — Patriotic industrialist and philanthropist of the late Qing, close friend of martial artist Huo Yuanjia, and supporter of revolutionary causes.
Nong Guanpin — Zhuang ethnic poet and folk literature scholar from Guangxi, former vice chairman of the China Folk Literature and Art Association.