Long is the pinyin romanization of a few Chinese surnames. It includes / , which means "dragon" in Chinese, ranking number 80 on the list of common Chinese surnames in 2006, up from 108 in 1990. Another name transcribed as Long is , which is very rare in contemporary China. In Hong Kong, these names are romanized as Lung. In Wade-Giles it is also romanized as Lung.
Notable people
- Long Ju (), military general who served Xiang Yu during the ChuâÂÂHan Contention (died 203 BC)
- Long Qingquan (), Chinese weightlifter
- Long Yan, (; born 1973) Chinese former synchronized swimmer who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Long Yun (; 1884âÂÂ1962), governor and warlord of the Chinese province of Yunnan
- James Lung Wai-man (), chairman of the Southern Democratic Alliance in Hong Kong
- Lung Ying-tai (; born 1952), Taiwanese essayist and cultural critic
- Long Lehao (; born 1938), Chinese aerospace engineer and scientist; fellow of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
- Manyuan Long (), Chinese American biologist
- Ming Long, Australian businesswoman, former chair of Diversity Council Australia
- Long Yiming (; born 1948), Chinese mathematician, professor at Nankai University, fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Anders Ljungstedt (; 1759âÂÂ1835), Swedish merchant and historian
- Long Daoyi (; born 2003), Chinese diver
- Kasing Lung (é¾Â家æÂÂ; born 1972), Hong Kong illustrator and toy designer; best known for creating Labubu
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