Tāng (surname)

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Language(s) Han Chinese Variant(s) Teng, Deng		Language(s) Old Chinese Derivative(s) Shang, Yang

Derivation Diku (帝嚳) the Gaoxin (高辛)Tang of Shang (商湯) Meaning Tang the BoilShang the SlooshYang the Sunrise

Tāng (/tɑːŋ/, simplified Chinese: 汤; traditional Chinese: 湯; 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. 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

Tang Xianzu (1550–1616), Chinese playwright

Tang Enbo (1898–1954), Nationalist general in the Republic of China

Tang Xiaodan (1910–2012), Chinese film director

Tang Yuhan (1913–2014), Hong Kong doctor and oncologist

Tang Yijie (1927–2014), Chinese scholar and professor

John Tong Hon (born 1939), Chinese Roman Catholic cardinal and Bishop of Hong Kong

Ronny Tong (born 1950), Hong Kong politician

Timothy Tong (born 1950), Hong Kong commissioner

Kent Tong (born 1958), Hong Kong actor

Tang Sulan (born 1965), Chinese writer and politician

Angela Tong (born 1975), Hong Kong actress

Tang Jiali (born 1976), Chinese dancer and model

Tang Wei (born 1979), Chinese actress

References

Tāng (surname) Wikipedia

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