Ong, Tang, Dong, Wang, Yong are all commonly used surnames but where does ONG come from?
This is a question many of us Ongs have asked.
The names Ong, Dong, Deng, Tang, Teng and Ung are all being used by those whose surname is represented
by the Chinese character 鄧 .

The first Ong generation began with Ong Mon Kung. Ong Mon Kung was appointed by King Wu Ting in the Shang Dynasty in 1400 BC to be Chieftain in charge of the country of Ong in Nan Yang County located in today’s Henan Province. The Ongs did not establish their present identity with the name Ong Ko Met until the 47th generation. Prince Wong Mong rebelled against King Gong Mo during the Eastern Han period in 26AD.As time passed from dynasty to dynasty, the Ongs slowly migrated to other parts of China. In the Sung Dynasty, 1272 AD, the 92nd generation of Ongs conducted a mass migration toward southern China. Prince Ku Sze Tao had forced Chieftain Wuhan of the Ong Clan to move southward to Nanhung in Guangdong Province.

In subsequent years, their descendents had spread to the Sunwui, Toishan and Hoiping Districts also known as the Pearl River Delta. Many of the Ongs that came to America originated from this southern delta area.

Below are surnames of some Ong Ko Met Sacramento members.