It is 9th in the Song Dynasty Hundred Family Surname poem and is reported as the 31st most common Chinese last name in 2006.

[2] The surname descended from the 15th son of King Wen of Zhou, Gao the Duke of Bi (畢公高), whose last name was Ji.

The Jin kingdom besieged Feng and gave it to Wei Zhang Qing.

The surname originates from the southeast of Chang'an in Shaanxi Province.

English spelling variations include: In Vietnam, the surname Phùng was formerly written with the same character.