Last name DANG: origin and meaning

Publish date: 2024-05-14

Dang : 1: Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 黨 meaning ‘faction party’ in Chinese which is traced back to a minority ethnic group in ancient northwestern China said to be descended from Xia Yu the first king of the Xia dynasty (2070–1600 BC).2: Chinese: Cantonese form of the surname 鄧 see Deng.3: Chinese: Teochew form of the surname 陳 see Chen 1.4: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 曾 see Zeng.5: Vietnamese (Đặng): from the Chinese surname 鄧 see Deng.6: German: from an old personal name Tanco cognate with modern German denken ‘to think’ Gedanke ‘thought’.7: In some cases possibly also English: unexplained. This name has apparently died out in Britain.

Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press

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