Thong (surname)
Thong is a Chinese and Cambodian surname. == Origins == As a Chinese surname, Thong may be a spelling, based on the pronunciation in different varieties of Chinese, of the following surnames, listed by their spelling in Pinyin (which reflects the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation): Zhāng (traditional Chinese: 張; simplified Chinese: 张) Jiāng (Chinese: 蔣) Tāng (traditional Chinese: 湯; simplified Chinese: 汤), spelled Thong based on its Cantonese pronunciation (Jyutping: Tong1; Cantonese Yale: Tōng; IPA: /tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/) Táng (Chinese: 唐), spelled Thong based on its Cantonese pronunciation (Jyutping: Tong4; Cantonese Yale: Tòhng; IPA: /tʰɔːŋ²¹/) Tóng (Chinese: 同) Tóng (Chinese: 童) Thong is also a Cambodian surname (Khmer: ថោង; IPA: /t̪ʰoːŋ/), probably derived from one or more of the above Chinese surnames.