Dang (surname)

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See also: Deng (surname), Teng (surname), and Táng (surname)

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

Hokchew Chinese Dang : 鄭 (Zheng)[]

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

Chinese Dang : 黨 (Tang)[]

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

Chinese and Korean Dang : 唐 (Tang)[]

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

People, Dang;

Chinese and Vietnamese Dang, Deng 鄧[]

In Vietnam, the surname is correctly spelled Đặng and it is a popular Vietnamese name unlike in China and Korea. The name Đặng is transliterated as Deng in Chinese and in Korean, all come from the word 鄧. It may originate from:

  • State of Deng, a small state in Spring and Autumn period in China
  • The Clan of Man (曼姓), the ruling clan of State of Deng. Later, they used state's name (Deng) as their surname.
  • Huang Di, branch of Qi (祁) clan

The origin of Vietnamese "Đặng" remains unclear, however it is assumed that the native people of Vietnam had adopted the surname from Chinese literature and history. People with the surname Đặng:

In history

  • Đặng Dung (鄧容, 1373 - 1414), was the poet and general of the later Tran Dynasty
  • Đặng Trần Côn (鄧陳琨 c. 1705-1745) was one of the great poets in early modern history of Vietnam

Modern day

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