鍾
surname · Han script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
鍾 is a surname written in the Han script, most frequently recorded in Taiwan. Recorded meaning: From clan names and place names: descendant of Zi clan; from Zhongli fief/place; also from Yi, Qiang, and other ethnic origins.
- TWTaiwan
- HKHong Kong
- CNChina
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From clan names and place names: descendant of Zi clan; from Zhongli fief/place; also from Yi, Qiang, and other ethnic origins.
Sources 1
- 中国姓氏大辞典 (Chinese Surnames Mega-Dictionary)
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
- TWTaiwan
- HKHong Kong
- CNChina
- NLNetherlands
- ITItaly
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
鍾 is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Chinese, Origin unknown; surname found in Hunan Jishi.
as a name中国姓氏大辞典 (Chinese Surnames Mega-Dictionary)
In Chinese, bell; wine vessel; an ancient measure
as a wordBaxter-Sagart Old Chinese reconstruction, version 1.1 (2014)
In Chinese, vessel for containing alcohol
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Chinese, accumulate; repeat
as a wordBaxter-Sagart Old Chinese reconstruction, version 1.1 (2014)
In Korean, 음훈: [술병 종] 술병, 술잔 = alcohol bottle, alcohol glass, alcohol receptacle
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name 鍾 mean, and where does it come from?
- From clan names and place names: descendant of Zi clan; from Zhongli fief/place; also from Yi, Qiang, and other ethnic origins. Recorded by 中国姓氏大辞典 (Chinese Surnames Mega-Dictionary).
- In which country does 鍾 have the most bearers?
- 鍾 is most frequently recorded in Taiwan.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “鍾”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.