Dang (鄭, 黨, 唐, 滕) is a Chinese,

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 ...

and

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 ...

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 Shangdang Commandery or Shangdang Prefecture (, also named Shangtang) was an administrative subdivision of ancient China from the time of the Spring and Autumn period (771–403 BCE). Consisting of a number of districts or ''Zhōu'' (, or prefectu ...

(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

is transliterated as ''Táng'' in

and ''Đường'' in Vietnamese. origin from *

Huang Di Huangdi () may refer to: *Yellow Emperor (黃帝), a legendary Chinese monarch who supposedly ruled before the Xia dynasty *Emperor of China (皇帝), the imperial title of Chinese monarchs; and the superlative monarchical title in the Sinosphere ...

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 Danzhu (), surname Qi (祁) and given name Zhu (朱), was given the Fengjian state in Danyuan (丹淵), therefore got the honorable title in reference to the state. As the eldest son of the legendary Chinese monarch Emperor Yao (Tang Yao) who reig ...

(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 Ji Yu, commonly known as "Yu, oyalUncle of Tang" (), was the founder of the Tang state (later renamed "Jin" by his son and successor, Ji Xie). He was a son of King Wu of Zhou and Yi Jiang and the younger brother of King Cheng of Zhou. He was a ...

(唐叔虞) in

Tang (state) Tang or TANG most often refers to: * Tang dynasty * Sour taste Tang or TANG may also refer to: Chinese states and dynasties * Jin (Chinese state) (11th century – 376 BC), a state during the Spring and Autumn period, called Tang (唐) before ...

, 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 Dang Ye-seo (; ; born April 27, 1981, in Changchun, Jilin, China and originally known as Tang Na 唐娜) is a naturalized South Korean table tennis player. She was part of the table tennis team that won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympic ...

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

, all come from the word 鄧. It may originate from: *

State of Deng Deng () was a Chinese vassal state during the Shang and Eastern Zhou dynasties ruled by the Man (曼) family. Territory Sources conflict as to whether the State of Deng was situated in Dengzhou (鄧州/邓州), Henan Province or Xiangfan (襄 ...

, 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

. Later, they used state's name (Deng) as their surname. *

, 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 Đặng Trần Côn (chữ Hán: ; born Trần Côn; c. 1705–1745) was the author of the ''Chinh phụ ngâm'' a masterpiece of chữ Hán literature of Vietnam. Đặng Trần Côn was born in Nhân Mục village (or Nhân Mọc), Thanh Trì d ...

(鄧陳琨 c. 1705–1745) was one of the great poets in early modern history of Vietnam Modern day *

Trường Chinh Trường Chinh (, meaning "Long March"), born Đặng Xuân Khu (9 February 1907 – 30 September 1988) was a Vietnamese communism, communist political leader, revolutionary and theoretician. He was one of the key figures of Vietnamese politics f ...

(born Đặng Xuân Khu), Vietnamese communist leader *

Đặng Thị Minh Hạnh Đặng Thị Minh Hạnh (born 1962), is a fashion designer and school director.Giving ...

, Vietnamese fashion designer *

Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh (; born 25 December 1959) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the acting president of Vietnam in 2018 and as the 16th vice president of Vietnam from 2016 to 2021. She is the first woman in Vietnamese history ...

, Vietnamese politician *

Đặng Nhật Minh Đặng Nhật Minh (鄧日明, b. Huế, Vietnam, 1938) is one of Vietnam's foremost film directors. He began making documentary films around 1965 and is the first Vietnamese person to be awarded the Nikkei Asia Prize for Culture, in 1999. Hi ...

, Vietnamese film director * Đặng Ngọc Ngự, Vietnamese pilot * Đặng Văn Ngữ, Vietnamese doctor and intellectual. *

Đặng Phong Đặng Phong (1937–2010) was a Vietnamese economic historian. Born in Hà Tây Province, Đặng Phong graduated from Hanoi University in 1960 then National Economics University in 1964. He then worked as researcher at Vietnam Institute of ...

, 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 Đặng Thái Sơn (born July 2, 1958, in Hanoi, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese and Canadian classical pianist. In 1980, he won the X International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, becoming the first pianist from Asia to do so. He has received partic ...

, Vietnamese pianist *

Đặng Thân Đặng Thân is a bilingual poet, fiction writer, essayist and critic, based in Vietnam. There he is regarded "the typical figure of Post- Doi Moi Literature", and considered "the best humourist ever" and even an "awesomely brilliant genius". ...

, 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 Stephanie Murphy (born September 16, 1978) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 7th congressional district from 2017 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she defeated incumbent Republican John ...

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

Fictional characters

* Alexis Thi Dang, a Vietnamese American girl in the Transformers

Unicron Trilogy Launched in 1984, the Transformers toyline by Takara Tomy and Hasbro was promoted through both a comic book by Marvel Comics and an animated series produced by Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions with Toei Animation. Although the comic out ...

* 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 ...

References

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