Ping (surname)
Ping is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized P'ing in Wade–Giles. Ping is listed 95th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. It is not among the 300 most common surnames in China in 2008.Notable people
- Ping Dang, Han dynasty chancellor
- Ping Yan, son of Ping Dang, Xin dynasty government minister
- Ping An, Ming dynasty general, adopted son of the Hongwu Emperor
- Ping Hailan, educator, co-founder of Utopia University
- Ping Fan, Hong Kong actor
- Ping Hsin-tao, Taiwanese publisher and filmmaker, husband of Chiung Yao
- Ping Yali, long jumper, first Chinese Paralympic gold medalist
- Ping An, singer
People from elsewhere with the surname
- Jean Ping, Gabonese diplomat and Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union
- Nimrod Ping, politician in Brighton, England
