Tāng (surname)

This surname should not be confused with the surnames Teng (滕), Deng (鄧/邓) or Táng (唐)
Tang (湯/汤)
Language(s) Han Chinese
Origin
Language(s) Old Chinese
Derivation Diku (帝嚳) the Gaoxin (高辛)
Tang of Shang (商湯)
Meaning Tang the Boil
Shang the Sloosh
Yang the Sunrise
Other names
Variant(s) Teng, Deng
Derivative(s) Shang, Yang
See also Shang Dynasty
Families
Han Chinese

Tāng (/tɑːŋ/, simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: tāng) is a Chinese surname. It is 72nd surname in the Hundred Family Surnames or Baijiaxing of the Song Dynasty and 101st in modern popularity.[1] The Tang (湯) family name comes from various people of the Shang Dynasty and some nomadic Chinese people.

Tang is a common form of other Chinese surnames Deng and Teng.

Notable people

See also

References

  1. Tang surname No. 72 in Baijiaxing and No. 101 in the "New Baijiaxing"


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