Sang (surname)

Sang^[1] is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 桑 (Sāng). A variant traditional form is 桒. Both forms were unlisted among the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames.

Sang is also the romanization of the Korean surname 상 derived from the Chinese surname Chang.

Distribution

Sang was unlisted among the 100-most-common surnames in mainland China in 2007 or on Taiwan in 2005. It was the 16,712nd most common name in America during the 2000 US Census.^[2]

History

Sang literally means "mulberry". Its Old Chinese form has been reconstructed as *sˤaŋ, but it was already Sang by the time of Middle Chinese.^[3]

List of persons with the surname

Sang Guowei (b. 1941), Chinese politician Sang Hongyang (c. 152–80 BC), Han-era official Sang Lan (b. 1981), Chinese gymnast and television personality Samantha Sang (b. 1951), the stage name of the Chinese-Australian singer Cheryl Lau Sang

Stephanie Sang Xu (b. 1986), Chinese-Australian table tennis player Sang Xue (b. 1984), Chinese diver Sang Yang (b. 1982), Chinese badminton player

References

1. The approximate English pronunciation is /sɑːŋ/.
2. US Census Bureau. Op. cit. Public Broadcasting Service. "How Popular Is Your Last Name?" Accessed 6 Apr 2012.
3. Baxter, Wm. H. & Sagart, Laurent. Baxter–Sagart Old Chinese Reconstruction PDF (1.93 MB), p. 121. 2011. Accessed 11 October 2011.