A surname with roots in the Zhou dynasty, spread across northern China.
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 China82
A very common surname (roughly the top 40 in China).
Easy to write95
5 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
Feng Menglong — Ming novelist (1574–1646), compiler of the celebrated Three Words story collections.
Feng Youlan — Influential 20th-century Chinese philosopher who fused Neo-Confucianism with Western thought, author of 'A History of Chinese Philosophy'.
Feng Jicai — Renowned contemporary Chinese writer and cultural preservationist, known for novels like 'The Three-Inch Golden Lotus' and folk heritage advocacy.