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Tang

in the US

There are 21,224 people with the last name "Tang" in the United States.

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Tang 1,252
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  1. is 1,248th most common Schulz
  2. is 1,249th most common Espinosa
  3. is 1,250th most common Roe
  4. is 1,251st most common Guevara
  5. is 1,252nd most common Tang
  6. is 1,253rd most common Lott
  7. is 1,254th most common Cuevas
  8. is 1,255th most common Dunbar
  9. is 1,256th most common Phan

Similar Names and Nicknames

Tong, Tanguay, Tung, Ting, Teng, Tangen, Tandy, Tangeman, Tanguma, Tangney

Most Common First Names for Tang

David, Michael, Wei, John, Hong, Wai, Ming, Chi, William, Kim

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Meaning & History

1. Chinese 邓: variant spelling of Deng.

2. Chinese 唐: from the name of the region of Tang, in present-day Shanxi province. The legendary emperor Huang Di (2697–2595 BC) granted this region to his son Dan Zhu, whose descendants eventually adopted it as their surname. They held power in the region until they were conquered by Cheng Wang, second king (1115–1079 BC) of the Zhou dynasty. Cheng Wang granted the region to his brother Shu Yu, whose descendants also adopted the place name Tang as a surname. This character is also that used for the Tang dynasty (618–907).

3. Chinese 汤: from the given name of Cheng Tang, Prince of Shang, a model of virtue and humanity, who overthrew the corrupt last king of the Xia Dynasty and became first emperor of the Shang Dynasty, in 1766 BC. Some of his descendants adopted Tang as their surname.

4. Chinese 滕: Cantonese variant of Teng. 1.

5. Vietnamese: unexplained.

6. Korean: only one Chinese character is used in Korean for the surname Tang, and the Miryang is the only Tang clan. Its founding ancestor, Tang Sǒng, migrated from Yüan China some time during the latter part of the 14th century. This is a comparatively rare surname in Korea.

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