Deng (Chinese surname)


Deng is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin which has many variant spellings and transliterations. Dèng is the pinyin transcription of 邓 or 鄧. In 2019, Deng was the 21st most common surname in mainland China.

Variant spellings

It is transliterated as Dèng in pinyin and Têng4 in Wade-Giles. In Cantonese, it is Dahng in Yale and Dang6 in Jyutping. In Minnan, it is Tēng in Pe̍h-ōe-jī. The Sino-Vietnamese cognate is Đặng and it is one of the top ten surnames in Vietnam. The name is transliterated as Deung in Korean but is very rare in Korea. Deng is one of the surnames of the Nanyang, Henan ancestral hall.
In addition to spelling "Deng" used in mainland China, other common Chinese spelling variations include:Tang – Romanization based on Cantonese spelling common in Hong Kong and MacaoTeng – Romanization based on Wade-Giles transliteration of Mandarin Chinese common spelling in TaiwanOng or Ang – based on the Taishanese pronunciation, as in the case of Betty Ong

Notable people with the surname

Deng

Tang

Teng

Other romanizations