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 or Taiwanese, 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 Deung in Korean but is very rare 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

(2) Deng is a first or last name used among the tribes of Southern Sudan. It's shared by the Dinkas, Nuers and shilluk. Its meaning various for instant, in Dinka, it means "Rain" and it also refers to heavens or God. The Dinkas believe that the most powerful God, god of all gods is 'Deng". It's the most commonly found name in Dinka.

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
[Deng, Daniel] a Sudanese-american,ICT experts, businessman, politician and philanthropist
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
Si-an Deng, a Chinese-Canadian badminton player
Wendi Deng, Chinese-American businesswoman and current wife of billionaire Rupert Murdoch