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Zhong or
Chung!?
What's in a name? A lot, especially if one is looking out for unknown 'rellies'. We shall appreciate any other information regarding CHUNG (ZHONG). Please contact us...
Ai-Lin Chung-Gon... ailin@chung-gon.com Eddie Chung-Gon... chunggon@bigpond.net.au
There are probably 700 direct clan cousins outside China, from Ping Gang village, with close to 190 of them residing in Australia. ZHONG is the proper spelling of the surname in the Mandarin Pinyin system.
CHUNG is the anglicised version based on the Cantonese dialect. CHUNG is actually the surname and GON the given name but at the time of registering in Australia, the Australian Immigration followed the European culture by using the last name as the surname, but including the name CHUNG as well.
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