{{Infobox surname | name = Leng (冷) | image = [[File:冷.png|180px]] | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = Lěng (Mandarin)
| language = Chinese | languageorigin = [[Old Chinese]] | origin = | derivation = | meaning = “cold” | variant = | cognate = | derivative = | seealso = | family = }} '''Leng''' is the [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]] [[pinyin]] and [[Wade–Giles]] romanization of the [[Chinese surname]] written {{linktext|冷}} in [[Chinese character]] and [[Vietnamese name|Vietnamese surname]] written '''Lãnh'''. It is listed 377th in the [[Song dynasty]] [[Chinese classics|classic text]] ''[[Hundred Family Surnames]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guoxue.com/gxrm/gx_bjx.htm |title=百家姓 |trans-title=Hundred Family Surnames |publisher=Guoxue |language=Chinese |accessdate=2014-10-28}}</ref> As of 2008, it is the 246th most common surname in China, shared by 300,000 people.<ref name=top300>{{cite web |url=http://www.taiwan.cn/zppd/XSDG/200901/t20090106_811068.htm |script-title=zh:中国最新300大姓排名（2008）|trans-title=300 most common surnames in China (2008) |publisher=Taiwan.cn |language=Chinese |date=2009-01-06 |accessdate=2014-10-28}}</ref>
==Notable people== * [[Leng Bao]] ([[:zh:冷苞|冷苞]]; 3rd century AD), Han dynasty general * [[Yangqi Fanghui]] ([[:zh:杨岐方会|杨岐方会]]; 992 – ca. 1049), lay surname Leng, founder of the Yangqi Sect of [[Chan Buddhism]] * [[Leng Mei]] (冷枚, 17th–18th century), painter * [[Leng Yu]] ([[:zh:冷遹|冷遹]]; 1882–1959), Vice Governor of [[Jiangsu]] province * [[Leng Jiaji]] ([[:zh:冷家骥|冷家骥]]; 1899–1957), businessman and politician * [[Leng Xin]] ([[:zh:冷欣|冷欣]]; 1900–1987), Lieutenant General of the Republic of China * [[Leng Pengfei]] ([[:zh:冷鹏飞|冷鹏飞]]; born 1933), PLA war hero and major general * [[Leng Kuan]] ([[:zh:冷宽|冷宽]]; born 1938), Vice Admiral of the [[PLA Navy]] * [[Leng Rong]] ([[:zh:冷溶|冷溶]]; born 1953), Vice President of the [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] * [[Leng Xueyan]] (冷雪艳 born 1972), runner, [[Asian Games]] gold medalist
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