Last Name TONG

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Meaning	Local: Of Tonge or Tong, parishes in counties Salop, Kent, Lancaster, and West Riding York. Probably all those places are so termed from the shape of the land (like a tongue). Of Tong in county Salop it is said, 'The river Werf commences from the union of two brooks at the western extremity of the parish.' The tongue of land in this case might lie between the two streams. East. A prominent personality in history: Chairman Mao Zedong, founder Chairman of China. Pillar. Could be used as key people. The name of a Chinese dynasty. Majestic, imposing, grand.

Origin	English, Chinese, Jewish, Dutch, Irish, Belgian

Rank	3,074 (2000 US census)	4,213 (1990 US census)

Count	10,809 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

13.66%, or 1477 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.38%, or 149 total occurrences, as black,
79.46%, or 8589 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.1%, or 11 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
3.27%, or 353 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.14%, or 231 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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