Deng (Chinese surname)

Deng is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin which has many variant spellings and transliterations. It is a transcription of 邓 (simplified Chinese character) or 鄧 (traditional). In 2019, Deng was the 21st most common surname in mainland China.

Variant spellings
It is transliterated as Dèng in pinyin and Teng, or Then, in Wade-Giles. In Cantonese, it is Dahng in Yale and Dang6 in Jyutping. In Minnan or Taiwanese, it is Tēng in Pe̍h-ōe-jī. The surname originating from the same Chinese character or more specifically, Han character in Vietnamese 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 (南陽堂). 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 Macao
 * Teng – Romanization based on Wade-Giles transliteration of Mandarin Chinese common spelling in Taiwan
 * Ong or Ang – based on the Taishanese pronunciation, as in the case of Betty Ong

Notable people with the surname

 * Deng Ai, general of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period
 * Deng Chao, contemporary Chinese actor
 * Deng Zhi, general of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period
 * Kent Deng, economic historian and writer
 * Deng Longguang (鄧龍光), Chinese general in World War II
 * Deng Ming-Dao, Taoist author
 * Deng Shichang, Qing Dynasty admiral
 * Deng Shiru (鄧石如), calligrapher and seal carver
 * Deng Xiaoping, former leader of China
 * Deng Pufang, son of Deng Xiaoping
 * Deng Nan, daughter of Deng Xiaoping
 * Deng Zhuodi, grandson of Deng Xiaoping
 * Deng Jiaxian, nuclear physicist and recipient of the Two Bombs, One Satellite Meritorious Award
 * Deng Qingming, People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps taikonaut who flew on Shenzhou 15
 * Deng Yingchao, wife of Zhou Enlai
 * Deng Liqun, leading figure of the Chinese Communist Party in the 1980s
 * Deng Yanda, 1895–1931, left-wing general who tried to create a middle ground between the Chinese Communists and Chiang Kai-shek
 * Deng Yaping, table tennis player
 * Deng Yujiao, Chinese woman involved in the Deng Yujiao incident
 * Deng Zhonghan, Chinese electrical engineer and CEO of Vimicro
 * Alan Kwong-wing Tang (鄧光榮), actor and movie producer
 * Tang Wing Cheung (鄧永祥), birth name of Cantonese opera and film actor Sun Ma Sze Tsang (新馬師曾)
 * Chris Tang (鄧炳強), commissioner of Hong Kong police
 * H. T. Teng, Taiwanese ichthyologist
 * Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer
 * Si-an Deng, Chinese-Canadian badminton player
 * Wendi Deng, (birth name Dèng Wéngé or Dèng Wén Gé (邓文革)) Chinese-American businesswoman, former wife of Rupert Murdoch
 * Deng Maoqi (鄧茂七), leader of a tenant rebellion in Fujian at the end of the 1440s
 * Lydia Dunn, Baroness Dunn, crossbench British Peer
 * Patrick Dunn, (鄧梓峰), Hong Kong TV personality
 * Sheren Tang (鄧萃雯), Hong Kong TVB actress
 * Lee C. Teng, Chinese/Taiwanese scientist
 * G.E.M. (鄧紫棋), HK Cantopop Singer-Songwriter
 * Kanny Theng, Singaporean actress
 * Stephy Tang (born 1983), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress
 * Teng Chia-chi, Deputy Mayor of Taipei
 * Tang Tuck Kan (鄧德根), Malaysia contemporary artist
 * Deng Lun (邓伦), Chinese film and television actor, model and singer
 * Tyler Ten (邓伟德), Singaporean actor
 * Tyler Ten (邓伟德), Singaporean actor

Notable people with surname "Tang"



 * Tang Tsz-kei, better known as G.E.M. (born 1991), Hong Kong singer
 * Stephy Tang (born 1983), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress
 * Sheren Tang Shui-man (born 2 March 1966), Hong Kong actress
 * Chris Tang Ping-keung, PDSM (Chinese: 鄧炳強, born 4 July 1965), Commissioner of Police of the Hong Kong Police Force since 19 November 2019
 * Alan Tang Kwong-Wing (20 September 1946 – 29 March 2011), Hong Kong film actor, producer and director
 * Patrick Tang, Hong Kong singer, actor, and TV show host
 * Shermon Tang Sheung Man (Chinese: 鄧上文), Hong Kong television actress
 * Natasha Tang (born Tang Wing Yung, Chinese: 鄧穎欣; Jyutping: dang6 wing6 jan1; 23 August 1992), Hong Kong distance swimmer
 * Billy Tang Hin-Shing (Chinese: 鄧衍成), Hong Kong film director
 * Robert Tang Kwok-ching, GBM, SBS, JP (Chinese: 鄧國楨; born 7 January 1947), retired Hong Kong judge
 * Tang So Ha (邓淑霞), survivor of the Andrew Road triple murders case in 1983