Tang (surname)

Tang is a pinyin romanization of various Chinese surnames, including Táng (唐) and Tāng (湯/汤). Tang is also occasionally used to romanize Deng (鄧/邓, Pinyin: Dèng) and Teng (滕, Pinyin: Téng), especially for persons of Hong Kong origin, based on Cantonese pronunciation. Tang can also be used to romanize the surname Zeng/Tsang (曾, Pinyin: Zēng), based on Vietnamese pronunciation.

In 2019 Táng was the 25th most common surname in Mainland China.[1] According to a 2013 study it was the 25th most-common name, shared by 9,170,000 people or 0.690% of the population, with the province with the most being Hunan.

Cantonese for Teng (滕)

  • Joyce Tang Lai-ming (simplified Chinese: 滕丽名; traditional Chinese: 滕麗名, born 20 January 1976 in Hong Kong), actress of Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB)

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  • Kaiji Tang (pronounced Kay-jee; born in Shanghai, China), Chinese voice actor working primarily in Los Angeles
  • Melissa Tang (born 1985), American actress
  • Andrew Tang (born 1999), American chess grandmaster
  • Gordon Tang, also known as Yigang Tang, Singaporean billionaire businessperson
  • Felicia Tang (born Felicia Lee, 1977–2009), stage name of an American actress and model
  • Ewin Tang (born 2000), computer scientist at the University of Washington
  • Chen Tang, sometimes spelled Chenying Tang, (born 1988), Japanese born, Chinese-American actor
  • Cyndi Tang-Loveland, American animation director
  • Donald Tang, American businessperson

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