Tāng (surname)

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This surname should not be confused with the surnames Teng (滕), Deng (鄧/邓) or Táng (唐)
Tang (湯/汤)
Romanization
Language(s)Han Chinese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
Meaningsoup, broth, stock
Other names
Variant form(s)Tong, Teng, Hong, Thng, Thung

Tang (/tɑːŋ/;[1] simplified Chinese: 汤; traditional Chinese: 湯; pinyin: Tāng) is a Chinese surname. It is the 72nd surname in the Hundred Family Surnames of the Song dynasty and the 101st most common surname in China in 2013.[2] The Tang family name traces its lineage from Tang of Shang, the first ruler of the Shang dynasty.[3] In modern times the character can also mean "soup" or "broth". In Cantonese, the surname is pronounced Tong1 (in Jyutping), and in Hokkien, it is pronounced Thng (in Pe̍h-ōe-jī).

Notable people

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  • Tang Xianzu (Chinese: 湯顯祖; 1550–1616), Chinese playwright
  • Tang Enbo (1898–1954), Nationalist general in the Republic of China
  • Tang Xiaodan (1910–2012), Chinese film director
  • Tang Yuhan (1913–2014), Hong Kong doctor and oncologist
  • Tang Yijie (1927–2014), Chinese scholar and professor
  • John Tong Hon (born 1939), Chinese Roman Catholic cardinal and Bishop of Hong Kong
  • Tang, Ming Yue (Chinese: 湯明越), a news analyses, and an LGBT rights activist of Taiwan
  • Tang, Lan hua (Chinese: 湯蘭花), a female singer of Taiwan
  • Ronny Tong (born 1950), Hong Kong politician
  • Timothy Tong (born 1949), Hong Kong commissioner
  • Kent Tong (born 1958), Hong Kong actor
  • Tang Sulan (born 1965), Chinese writer and politician
  • Angela Tong (born 1975), Hong Kong actress
The Tang family temple in Jinxiang Town, Cangnan County, Zhejiang
  • Tang Wei (simplified Chinese: 汤唯; traditional Chinese: 湯唯; pinyin: Tāng Wéi; born 7 October 1979) is a Chinese actress
  • Katy Tang (Chinese: 湯凱蒂; pinyin: Tāng Kǎidì; 9 July 1984) is a former American elected official in San Francisco, California
  • Muhai Tang (simplified Chinese: 汤沐海; traditional Chinese: 湯沐海; pinyin: Tāng Mùhǎi; born 1949 in Shanghai) is a Chinese conductor
  • Tang Jiali (Chinese: 汤加丽) is a Chinese dancer and model
  • Tang Yifen (Chinese: 汤贻汾) ca. 1778-1853 was a Chinese landscape painter and calligrapher during the Qing dynasty (1644–1912).
  • Tang Can (simplified Chinese: 汤灿; traditional Chinese: 湯燦; pinyin: Tāng Càn; born 12 June 1975) is a Chinese singer
  • Tang Muli (Chinese: 汤沐黎; pinyin: Tāng Mùlǐ; born 1947 in Shanghai) is a Chinese painter and poet based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Tang Tao (simplified Chinese: 汤涛; traditional Chinese: 湯濤; pinyin: Tāng Tāo; born May 1963) is a Chinese mathematician currently serving as President of BNU-HKBU United International College
  • Tang Chao (physicist) (Chinese: 汤超 born 1958) is a Chair Professor of Physics and Systems Biology at Peking University
  • Tang He (Chinese: 湯和; 1326–1395), courtesy name Dingchen, was a significant character in the rebellion that ended the Yuan dynasty and was one of the founding generals of Ming dynasty
  • Tang Te-Chang (Chinese: 湯德章; 1907–1947) was a Taiwanese lawyer who was killed in the aftermath of the February 28th Incident
  • Asher Hong (Chinese: 湯健華; born 2004), American artistic gymnast
  • Thung Sin Nio (Chinese: 汤新娘; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thng Sin-niû), Indonesian physician, politician, and suffragist

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tang". Collins English Dictionary. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  2. ^ "汤姓的来源" [Tang surname origin]. XPCHA. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Tang Family History". Ancestry. Retrieved 28 July 2025.