Dang (surname)

Dang (鄭, 黨, 唐, 滕) is a Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Indian ^{[citation needed]} 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 (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 of India who migrated after 1947 from West Punjab (Now Pakistan). Commonly they are Hindus and Sikhs. Mostly they were Farmers and some were Soldiers before Partition. After Partition they came to India and spread across North India(Punjab,Delhi,Haryana,Odisha,Rajasthan & Gujarat).

It is also one of the surnames used by the munda people belonging to the schedule tribe

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 and 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 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 Deung 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

Trường Chinh (born Đặng Xuân Khu), Vietnamese communist leader
Dang Thi Minh Hanh (Minh Hạnh), Vietnamese fashion designer
Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh, Vietnamese politician
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 Thân, Vietnamese bilingual poet, fiction writer and essayist
Đặng Thùy Trâm, Vietnamese doctor famous for her wartime diaries

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

Indian Surname Dang : (Dang) & (Dung)

Chinese Dang : 黨 (Tang)

Chinese and Korean Dang : 唐 (Tang)

Chinese and Vietnamese Dang, Deng 鄧

See also