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Dǒng origins from: Zhu Rong (祝融) of Ji (己) family received the surname Dong (董) on the territory of the State of Chu.; Dongfu (董父) was a descendant of the ruler Shuan (叔安) in Chifeng, he married a daughter of Emperor Yao, and used the surname Dong (董).
People with this surname mainly have three originations: [6] From the clan name Tao-Tang (or Taotang, Tao Tang) . Tao-Tang was the clan name for Emperor Yao's tribe, so Yao is also known as Tang Yao (唐堯/唐尧) or Tang Fangxun (唐放勛/唐放勋) (Fangxun literally means great meritorious service or contribution).
Tong is a Chinese surname. Tong as transcribed in English however represents of a number of different Chinese surnames. There were 8,589 Tongs in the United States during the year 2000 census, making it the 3,075th surname overall and the 121st surname among Asian and Pacific Islanders.
Tang is also occasionally used to romanize Deng (鄧/邓, Pinyin: Dèng) and Teng (滕, Pinyin: Téng), especially for persons of Hong Kong origin, based on Cantonese pronunciation. Tang can also be used to romanize the surname Zeng / Tsang (曾, Pinyin: Zēng), based on Vietnamese pronunciation.
It is 72nd surname in the Hundred Family Surnames or Baijiaxing of the Song dynasty and 101st in modern [when?] popularity. [2] The Tang (湯) family name traces its lineage from Tang of Shang, the first ruler of the Shang dynasty. [3] In modern times the character can also mean "soup" or "broth". In Cantonese the surname is pronounced Tong or ...
On the other hand, most who have Chinese ancestors who came to the Philippines prior to 1898 usually have multiple-syllable Chinese surnames such as Gokongwei, Ongpin, Pempengco, Yuchengco, Teehankee, and Yaptinchay among such others. These were originally full Chinese names which were transliterated in Spanish orthography and adopted as surnames.
Teng (Chinese: 滕; pinyin: Téng; Wade–Giles: T'eng 2) is a Chinese surname derived from State of Teng (Imperial clan descendants) in the Western Zhou dynasty. [1] It is the 73rd name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem. [2] It is T'eng in Wade–Giles, Tàhng in Cantonese and is usually Romanized as "Tang" in Hong Kong. It is Têng in ...
Chinese surnames have a history of over 3,000 years. Chinese mythology, however, reaches back further to the legendary figure Fuxi (with the surname Feng), who was said to have established the system of Chinese surnames to distinguish different families and prevent marriage of people with the same family names. [8]