Deng (surname)

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Deng (Chinese) or Đặng (Vietnamese) is an East Asian surname. It is a transcription of 邓 (simplified Chinese character) or 鄧 (traditional). It is transliterated as Dèng in pinyin and Teng in Wade-Giles. In Cantonese, it is Dahng in Yale and Dang6 in Jyutping. In Minnan, it is Tēng in Pe̍h-ōe-jī. The surname originating from the same Chinese character in Vietnamese is Đặng and it is one of the top ten surnames in Vietnam. The name is transliterated as Tung in Korean but is almost unknown as a surname in Korea. Deng is one of the surnames in Nanyang Tang (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
• Teng - Romanization based on Wade-Giles transliteration of Mandarin Chinese common spelling in Taiwan

This surname should not be confused with the surname Teng (滕).

[edit] Notable persons with the surname Deng (邓/鄧) or its variants

• Deng Xiaoping, former Communist Party of China leader
  • Deng Pufang, son of Deng Xiaoping
  • Deng Nan, daughter of Deng Xiaoping

• Đặng Hữu Phúc, Vietnamese pianist and film score composer
• Đặng Thái Sơn, Vietnamese pianist
• Đặng Thùy Trâm, Vietnamese doctor famous for her wartime diaries
• Deng Ai, Wei general during the Three Kingdoms period
• Kent Deng, economic historian and writer
• Deng Ming-Dao, Taoist author
• Deng Shichang, Qing Dynasty admiral
• Deng Shiru (鄧石如), calligrapher and seal carver
• Deng Yingchao, wife of Zhou Enlai
• Deng Yaping, table tennis player
• 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)
• H. T. Teng, Taiwanese ichthyologist
• Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer