Dang (surname)

Dang^[1] (鄭, 黨, 唐, 滕) is a Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Indian and German surname. It thus has its sources from both Asiatic languages and Indo-European languages. The two branches are thought to be unrelated.

Hokchew Chinese Dang : 鄭 (Dang) & (Dhang)

• Hokchew Chinese surname in Fuzhou dialect or Hokchew Chinese, a language recognized by United Nations

Indian Surname Dang : (Dang) & (Dung)

• Indian Surname Dung/Dang Dang is a Surname which is often used by the people's of India who were migrated after 1947 from East Punjab (Now Pakistan).Commonly they are Hindus and Sikhs. Mostly they were Farmers and remaining done Job as Soldiers before Partition. After Partition they entered in India and Spread over the Major portion of North India included (Punjab,Delhi,Haryana,Rajasthan & Gujarat). Their profession is changed after partition due to various factors like change in Atmosphere,place, Living style Social life around them etc.

Chinese Dang : 黨 (Tang)

Dang (黨; it also means "party, association") in Cantonese (Dong6 in Jyutping) is transliterated as Dèng (Deng) in pinyin and Đặng in Vietnamese. origin from

• Xia dynasty people, Xia (夏) clan
• region name of Shangdang (上党), Changzhi, Jin (Chinese state) people, branch of Zheng (鄭) clan
• Qiang people (Chang people)
• Hui people, branch of Cui/Choi clan
• Modern Chinese with new surname

Chinese Korean Dang : 唐 (Tang)

Dang in Korean is transliterated as Táng in pinyin and Đường in Vietnamese. origin from

• Huang Di at Legend Time 26th century BCE, Gongsun (公孫) family
• Qi (祁) family of Yao tribe at 24th century BCE, branch of Liu (劉) clan
• Danzhu (丹朱), son of Emperor Yao
• Shu Yu of Tang (唐叔虞) in Tang (state), younger brother of King Cheng of Zhou 1042 BC, branch of Zheng (鄭) clan
• Qiang people (羌) of Gansu state, branch of Jin (金) clan

People, Dang;

• Dang Ye-seo

Chinese and Vietnamese Dang, Deng : 滕 (Teng), 唐 (Tang)

In Vietnam, the surname is spelled Đặng or Đăng but Đăng is very rare in Vietnamese. The name Đặng is transliterated as Deng in Chinese and Deung in Korean. origin of 滕 from;

• Teng (state) people from King Wu of Zhou (周武王), branch of Zheng (鄭) clan
• Huang Di, branch of Qi (祁) clan
• Miao people (苗)
• Mongolian at Ming dynasty

People, Đặng;

• Dang Thi Minh Hanh (Minh Hạnh), Vietnamese fashion designer
• Đặng Nhật Minh, Vietnamese film director
• Đặng Ngọc Ngự, Vietnamese pilot
• Đặng Văn Ngữ, Vietnamese doctor and intellectual.
• Đặng Phong, Vietnamese historian, specialized in Vietnam's economic history
• Đặng Hữu Phúc, Vietnamese pianist and film score composer
• Đặng Thái Sơn, Vietnamese pianist
• Đặng Sỹ, officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam
• Đặng Thân), Vietnamese bilingual poet, fiction writer and essayist
• Đặng Thùy Trâm, Vietnamese doctor famous for her wartime diaries

People, Đăng;

• Đăng Văn Quang, officer of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam

See also

• Dang
• Hokchew Dang
• Deng
• Teng
• Tang
• Dhang

Notes

1. The approximate English pronunciation is /ˈdɑːŋ/.