Deng is an East Asian

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of Chinese origin which has many variant spellings and transliterations. It is a transcription of 邓 (

simplified Chinese character Simplified Chinese characters are one of two standardized Chinese characters, character sets widely used to write the Chinese language, with the other being traditional characters. Their mass standardization during the 20th century was part of ...

) or 鄧 (

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). In 2019, Deng was the 21st most common surname in mainland China.

Variant spellings

It is transliterated as ''Dèng'' in

pinyin Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means 'Han Chinese, Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''pinyin' ...

and Teng, or Then, in Wade-Giles. In

Cantonese Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic language belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family. It originated in the city of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta. While th ...

, it is ''Dahng'' in

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and ''Dang6'' in

Jyutping The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme, also known as Jyutping, is a romanisation system for Cantonese developed in 1993 by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK). The name ''Jyutping'' (itself the Jyutping ro ...

. In Minnan or Taiwanese, it is ''Tēng'' in

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. The surname originating from the same Chinese character or more specifically, Han character in

Vietnamese Vietnamese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia * Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam ** Overseas Vietnamese, Vietnamese people living outside Vietna ...

is ''Đặng'' and it is one of the top ten surnames in

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. The name is transliterated as ''Deung'' in

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, people from the Korean peninsula or of Korean descent * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Korean **Korean dialects **See also: North–South differences in t ...

but is very rare in

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. Deng is one of the surnames of the Nanyang, Henan

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(). In addition to spelling "Deng" used in

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, other common Chinese spelling variations include: * Tang – Romanization based on Cantonese spelling common in

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and

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* Teng – Romanization based on Wade-Giles transliteration of

Mandarin Chinese Mandarin ( ; zh, s=, t=, p=Guānhuà, l=Mandarin (bureaucrat), officials' speech) is the largest branch of the Sinitic languages. Mandarin varieties are spoken by 70 percent of all Chinese speakers over a large geographical area that stretch ...

common spelling in

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* Ong or Ang – based on the

Taishanese Taishanese (), alternatively romanized in Cantonese as Toishanese or Toisanese, in local dialect as Hoisanese or Hoisanwa, is a Yue Chinese language native to Taishan, Guangdong. Even though they are related, Taishanese has little mutual i ...

pronunciation, as in the case of

Betty Ong Betty Ann Ong (February 5, 1956 - September 11, 2001) was an American Airlines flight attendant who was onboard American Airlines Flight 11, the first airplane hijacked during the September 11 attacks. Ong was the first person to alert authoritie ...

Notable people with the surname

Deng Ai Deng Ai (197 – late March 264Vol.04 of ''Sanguozhi'' and vol.02 of ''Jin Shu'' both indicated that Deng Ai was arrested in the 1st month of the 1st year of the ''Xianxi'' era. The month corresponds to 15 Feb to 14 Mar 264 in the Julian calendar ...

, general of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period
Deng Changguo
鄧昌國), violinist and champion of musical education * Deng Changli (鄧昌黎), accelerator physicist and Robert R. Wilson Prize recipient * Deng Chao, contemporary Chinese actor * Deng Cuiying (鄧萃英), first president of

Xiamen University Xiamen University (XMU; ) is a public university in Siming, Xiamen, Siming, Xiamen, Fujian, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Pro ...

and educational reformer * Deng Jiaxian, nuclear physicist and recipient of the

Two Bombs, One Satellite Two Bombs, One Satellite ( zh, s=两弹一星, p=liǎng dàn, yī xīng) was a nuclear weapon, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), and artificial satellite development program by the People's Republic of China. China detonated its first f ...

Meritorious Award * Deng Liqun, leading figure of the Chinese Communist Party in the 1980s * Deng Longguang (), Chinese general in World War II * Deng Lun (邓伦), Chinese film and television actor, model and singer * Deng Maoqi (), leader of a tenant rebellion in

Fujian Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...

at the end of the 1440s * Deng Ming-Dao, Taoist author * Deng Qingming,

People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps The People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC; ), also known as the Chinese Astronaut Corps (), is a Beijing-based deputy-corps grade People's Liberation Army Aerospace Force (PLAASF) and is responsible for the selection and training of ...

taikonaut who flew on Shenzhou 15 *

Deng Shichang Deng Shichang (4 October 1849 – 17 September 1894), courtesy name Zhengqing, posthumous name Zhuangjie, was an Imperial Chinese Navy officer who lived in the late Qing dynasty. He is best known for his service in the Beiyang Fleet during the ...

, Qing Dynasty admiral * Deng Shiru (), calligrapher and seal carver *

Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping also Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Teng Hsiao-p'ing; born Xiansheng (). (22 August 190419 February 1997) was a Chinese statesman, revolutionary, and political theorist who served as the paramount leader of the People's R ...

, former leader of China **

Deng Nan Deng Nan (; born October 1945 in Guang'an, Sichuan) is a Chinese politician and physicist. Early life Deng was born the second daughter of Deng Xiaoping with his third wife Zhuo Lin. Deng studied physics at Peking University Peking Unive ...

, daughter of Deng Xiaoping **

Deng Pufang Deng Pufang () (born 16 April 1944) is a Chinese politician, who is the eldest son of former Chinese paramount leader Deng Xiaoping.Pearson, Veronica. Royal College of Psychiatrists. 995(1995). RCPsych Publications. . p. 88 He is mostly known fo ...

, son of Deng Xiaoping **

Deng Zhuodi Deng Zhuodi (; born 17 October 1986) is a Chinese former politician and grandson of former paramount leader of China Deng Xiaoping. Early life Deng Zhuodi was born on 1986 in the United States to Deng Zhifang, the son of Deng Xiaoping, and his wi ...

, grandson of Deng Xiaoping * *

Deng Yanda Deng Yanda ( zh , s=邓演达 , t=鄧演達 , p=Dèng Yǎndá , j=dang6 jin2daat6, 1 March 1895 – 29 November 1931) was a military officer in the Chinese Nationalist Party. He broke with party leaders in 1927, denouncing them as traitors to th ...

, 1895–1931, left-wing general who tried to create a middle ground between the Chinese Communists and Chiang Kai-shek *

Deng Yaping Deng Yaping (; born February 5, 1973) is a Chinese table tennis player, who won eighteen world championships including four Olympic championships between 1989 and 1997. She is regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. ...

, table tennis player * Deng Yawen (born 2005), Chinese BMX rider *

Deng Yingchao Deng Yingchao (; 4 February 1904 – 11 July 1992) was the Chairwoman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1983 to 1988, a member of the Chinese Communist Party, and the wife of the first Chinese Premier, Zhou Enlai. ...

, wife of Zhou Enlai * Deng Yuezhang (born 1997), cantopop singer-songwriter * Deng Yujiao, Chinese woman involved in the Deng Yujiao incident * Deng Zhi, general of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period * Deng Zhonghan, Chinese electrical engineer and CEO of Vimicro * G.E.M. (), HK Cantopop Singer-Songwriter * H. T. Teng, Taiwanese ichthyologist *

Kanny Theng Kanny Theng (born 10 March 1987) is a Singaporean model, actress and TV Host. She is the brand ambassador for Hakubi White C Sato Pharmaceutical Canada Inc. She has been bought up as an Online Game Ambassador Monster Forest for Asiasoft Sing ...

, Singaporean actress * Kent Deng, economic historian and writer * Lee C. Teng, Chinese/Taiwanese scientist * Lydia Dunn, Baroness Dunn,

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British Peer * Patrick Dunn, (), Hong Kong TV personality * Sheren Tang (), Hong Kong TVB actress *

Si-an Deng Si-An Deng (born June 25, 1963 in Shanghai, People's Republic of China is a retired female badminton player from Canada. Deng won the silver medal in the inaugural women's singles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games. She also claimed go ...

, Chinese-Canadian badminton player * Stephy Tang (born 1983), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress * Tang Tuck Kan (), Malaysia contemporary artist * Teng Chia-chi, Deputy Mayor of

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Teresa Teng Teng Li-Chun ( zh, t=鄧麗君, s=, p=Dèng Lìjūn; 29 January 1953 – 8 May 1995), commonly known as Teresa Teng, was a Taiwanese singer, television personality, musician, and philanthropist. Referred to by some as the "Honorific nicknames i ...

, Taiwanese singer *

Tyler Ten Tyler Ten (born 19 March 1996) is a Singaporean actor, model and martial arts instructor. Early and personal life Ten's father is an engineer and his mother helps out at a drinks stall. He has an older brother who works in the automotive indu ...

(邓伟德), Singaporean actor * Wendi Deng, (birth name ''Dèng Wéngé'' or ''Dèng Wén Gé'' (邓文革)) Chinese-American businesswoman, former wife of Rupert Murdoch

Notable people with surname "Tang"

* Alan Kwong-wing Tang (), actor and movie producer * Tang Wing Cheung (), birth name of Cantonese opera and film actor Sun Ma Sze Tsang () * Chris Tang (鄧炳強), commissioner of Hong Kong police * Tang Tsz-kei, better known as G.E.M. (born 1991), Hong Kong singer * Stephy Tang (born 1983), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress * Sheren Tang Shui-man (born 2 March 1966), Hong Kong actress * Chris Tang Ping-keung, PDSM (Chinese: 鄧炳強, born 4 July 1965), Commissioner of Police of the Hong Kong Police Force since 19 November 2019 *

Alan Tang Alan Tang Kwong-Wing (20 September 194629 March 2011) was a Hong Kong people, Hong Kong film actor, Film producer, producer and Film director, director. Tang was part of the ":zh-tw:銀色鼠隊, Silver Rat Squad" (銀色鼠隊), a 1970s pop band ...

Kwong-Wing (20 September 1946 – 29 March 2011), Hong Kong film actor, producer and director * Honghao Deng (born 1994), Chinese computational designer and entrepreneur *

Patrick Tang Patrick Tang (; born 6 May 1974) is a Hong Kong director, songwriter, singer, actor, and TV show host who has been involved in numerous drama and movie productions. He started his career with TVB in 2000. He is married to singer Sukie Shek an ...

, Hong Kong singer, actor, and TV show host * Shermon Tang Sheung Man (Chinese: 鄧上文), Hong Kong television actress * Natasha Tang (born Tang Wing Yung, Chinese: 鄧穎欣; Jyutping: dang6 wing6 jan1; 23 August 1992), Hong Kong distance swimmer * Billy Tang Hin-Shing (Chinese: 鄧衍成), Hong Kong film director * Robert Tang Kwok-ching, GBM, SBS, JP (Chinese: 鄧國楨; born 7 January 1947), retired Hong Kong judge * Tang So Ha (邓淑霞), survivor of the Andrew Road triple murders case in 1983

References

External links

* https://www.oocities.org/thienwp/storyofdeng.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Deng (Surname) Chinese-language surnames Individual Chinese surnames