Deng is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin which has many variant spellings and transliterations. Dèng is the pinyin transcription of 邓 (simplified) or 鄧 (traditional). In 2019, Deng was the 21st most common surname in mainland China.
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Variant spellings
It is transliterated as Dèng in pinyin and Têng4 in Wade-Giles. In Cantonese, it is Dahng in Yale and Dang6 in Jyutping. In Minnan, it is Tēng in Pe̍h-ōe-jī. The Sino-Vietnamese cognate 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
Deng Ai, general of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period
Deng Changguo (鄧昌國), violinist and champion of musical education
Deng Chao, contemporary Chinese actor
Deng Cuiying (鄧萃英), first president of Xiamen University and educational reformer
Deng Jiaxian, nuclear physicist and recipient of the Two Bombs, One Satellite Meritorious Award
Deng Liqun, leading figure of the Chinese Communist Party in the 1980s
Deng Longguang (鄧龍光), Chinese general in World War II
Deng Lun (邓伦), Chinese film and television actor, model and singer
Deng Maoqi (鄧茂七), leader of a tenant rebellion in Fujian at the end of the 1440s
Deng Ming-Dao, Taoist author
Deng Qingming, People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps taikonaut who flew on Shenzhou 15
Deng Shichang, Qing Dynasty admiral
Deng Shiru (鄧石如), calligrapher and seal carver
Deng Xiaoping, former leader of China
Deng Ken, brother of Deng Xiaoping
Deng Shuping, brother of Deng Xiaoping
Deng Nan, daughter of Deng Xiaoping
Tang
Alan 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
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 (鄧萃雯), Hong Kong TVB actress
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; 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
Stephy Tang (born 1983), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress
Tang Tuck Kan (鄧德根), Malaysia contemporary artist
Teng
Lee C. Teng (鄧昌黎), accelerator physicist and Robert R. Wilson Prize recipient
Teng Chia-chi, Deputy Mayor of Taipei
Teng Yu-hsien, Taiwanese Hakka composer
Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer
Teng Huo-tu, Taiwanese ichthyologist
Other romanizations
Tyler Ten (邓伟德), Singaporean actor
Lydia Dunn, Baroness Dunn, crossbench British Peer
Patrick Dunn (鄧梓峰), Hong Kong TV personality
Kanny Theng, Singaporean actress
Betty Ong, American flight attendant killed during the September 11 attacks.