Dang (鄭, 黨, 唐, 滕) is a Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean surname. It can also be found in both Hindus and Sikhs of the

Punjab region Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

in the north-western India (in Punjabi, ਡਾੰਗ).

Chinese Dang: 黨 ( Tang)

Dang (黨; it also means "party, association") 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 ...

(''Dong6'' 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 ...

) is transliterated as ''Dǎng'' ( Deng) 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 ''Đặng'' in Vietnamese. origin from *

Xia dynasty The Xia dynasty (; ) is the first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography. According to tradition, it was established by the legendary figure Yu the Great, after Emperor Shun, Shun, the last of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Fiv ...

people, Xia (夏) clan *region name of Shangdang (上党),

Changzhi Changzhi ( zh, s=长治) is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Shanxi Province, China, bordering the provinces of Hebei and Henan to the northeast and east, respectively. Historically, the city was one of the 36 administrative areas ( ...

Jin (Chinese state) Jin (, Old Chinese: ''*''), originally known as Tang (唐), was a major Ancient Chinese states, state during the middle part of the Zhou dynasty, based near the centre of what was then China, on the lands attributed to the legendary Xia dyn ...

people, branch of Zheng (鄭) clan *

Qiang people The Qiang people (Qiangic languages, Qiangic: ''Rrmea''; ) are an List of ethnic groups in China, ethnic group in China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognised by the People's Republic of China, with a population of approx ...

(Chang people) *

Hui people The Hui people are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Islam in China, Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the Northwest China, northwestern provinces and in the Zhongy ...

, branch of Cui/Choi clan *Modern Chinese with new surname

Chinese and Korean Dang: 唐 ( Tang)

Dang in Korean is transliterated as ''Táng'' in

and ''Đường'' in Vietnamese. origin from * Huang Di at Legend Time 26th century BCE,

Gongsun Gongsun () is one of the few Chinese compound surnames. Famous people with this surname include: * Gongsun Xuanyuan, reputed name of the Yellow Emperor; other sources say his surname was Jī (surname), Ji * Gongsun Shu, emperor of Chengjia * Sha ...

(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 Emperor Yao (; traditionally c. 2356 – 2255 BCE) was a legendary China, Chinese ruler, according to various sources, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Ancestry and early life Yao's ancestral name is Yi Qi () or Qi (), clan ...

* Shu Yu of Tang (唐叔虞) in Tang (state), younger brother of

King Cheng of Zhou King Cheng of Zhou (; 1055–1021 BC), personal name Ji Song, was the second king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty. The dates of his reign are 1042–1021 BCE or 1042/35–1006 BCE. Ji Dan, Duke of Zhou served as regent during his minority. His pare ...

1042 BC, branch of Zheng (鄭) clan *

(羌) of

Gansu Gansu is a provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeastern part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibetan Plateau, Ti ...

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 The Spring and Autumn period () was a period in History of China, Chinese history corresponding roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou (256 BCE), characterized by the gradual erosion of royal power as local lords nominally subject t ...

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 * Đặng Thị 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 Đặng Hữu Phúc (born June 4, 1953) is a Vietnamese pianist and composer best known for his film scores. A graduate of the Hanoi College or university school of music, Conservatory, he has penned over 60 works, primarily for film and theatre. ...

, 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 *Đặng Hùng Dương, Vietnamese software developer famous for his PUBG application * Johnny Dang (born Đặng Anh Tuấn), Vietnamese-American Jeweler * Stephanie Murphy (born Đặng Thị Ngọc Dung), American congresswoman*

Fuzhounese Dang: 鄭 ( Zheng)

Fuzhounese The Fuzhou language ( zh, t=福州話, s=福州话, p=Fúzhōuhuà; Foochow Romanized, FR: ), also Foochow, Hokchew, Hok-chiu, or Fuzhounese, is the Prestige (sociolinguistics), prestige variety of the Eastern Min branch of Min Chinese spoken ...

surname from the Fuzhou dialect.

Fictional characters

* Alexis Thi Dang, a Vietnamese American girl in the Transformers Unicron Trilogy * Dr. Michael Dang, chief antagonist in the Hindi movie

Karma Karma (, from , ; ) is an ancient Indian concept that refers to an action, work, or deed, and its effect or consequences. In Indian religions, the term more specifically refers to a principle of cause and effect, often descriptively called ...

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