Dang (鄭, 黨, 唐, 滕) is a Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Indian and German surname. It thus has its sources from both Asiatic languages and Indo-European languages. The two branches are thought to be unrelated.
Hokchew Chinese Dang : 鄭 (Dang) & (Dhang)
Indian Surname Dang : (Dang) & (Dung)
Chinese Dang : 黨 (Tang)
Dang (黨; it also means "party, association") in Cantonese (Dong6 in Jyutping) is transliterated as Dèng (Deng) in pinyin and Đặng in Vietnamese. origin from
Dōng (simplified Chinese: 东; traditional Chinese: 東; pinyin: Dōng) is a Chinese surname. Its Vietnamese form is Đồng, Đông.
An origin of Dong is the simplification of the surname Dongfang, which originates from Fu Xi. During the middle Zhou Dynasty, Dongguan (東關) the Ji (姬) family reduce surname to Dong (東) in Jin (晉國). Donghu people (東胡) people get surname Dong (東) with tribe name.
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Dǒng (Chinese: 董; pinyin: Dǒng; Standard Romanization (Cantonese): Tung/Tong) is a surname of Chinese origin. Its Vietnamese form is Đổng.
Origin
Dǒng origins from:
People
People with the name Dong (董) include: