Dang (surname)
Dang is a Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean surname. It can also be found in both Punjabi Hindus and Sikhs.
Chinese Dang: 黨 (Tang">Táng (surname)">Tang)
Dang in Cantonese is transliterated as Dǎng in pinyin and Đặng in Vietnamese. origin from- Xia dynasty people, Xia clan
- region name of Shangdang, Changzhi, Jin (Chinese state) people, branch of Zheng clan
- Qiang people
- Hui people, branch of Cui/Choi clan
- Modern Chinese with new surname
Chinese and Korean Dang: 唐 (Tang">Táng (surname)">Tang)
Dang in Korean is transliterated as Táng in pinyin and Đường in Vietnamese. origin from- Huang Di at Legend Time 26th century BCE, Gongsun family
- Qi family of Yao tribe at 24th century BCE, branch of Liu clan
- Danzhu, son of Emperor Yao
- Shu Yu of Tang in Tang (state), younger brother of King Cheng of Zhou 1042 BC, branch of Zheng clan
- Qiang people of Gansu state, branch of Jin clan
Chinese and Vietnamese Dang: Deng">Deng (Chinese surname)">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 in China
- The Clan of Man, the ruling clan of State of Deng. Later, they used state's name as their surname.
- Huang Di, branch of Qi clan
- Đặng Dung, was the poet and general of the later Tran Dynasty
- Đặng Trần Côn was one of the great poets in early modern history of Vietnam
- Trường Chinh, 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, 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, Vietnamese-American Jeweler
- Stephanie Murphy, American congresswoman*
- Thai Dang, Vietnamese chef based in Chicago
Fuzhounese Dang: 鄭 (Zheng">Zheng (surname)">Zheng)
- Fuzhounese 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.