Tong.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
A place in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in Headcorn parish, Maidstone district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8346).
A place in the United Kingdom: A village and civil parish in eastern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7907).
A place in the United Kingdom: A small village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2230).
A place in the United Kingdom: A village north of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB4436).
Where this word comes from
For the surname: Borrowed from Cantonese 湯／汤 (tong1), Cantonese 唐 (tong4), Mandarin 佟 (Tóng), Mandarin 童 (Tóng), etc.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.