Tang Surname
Approximately 12,776,913 people bear this surname
Tang Surname User-submission:
This surname originated from the Chinese surname Chen.
However, when these people migrated out of China, to their respective countries, the immigration officers at those countries each had their own dialect. Therefore when Cantonese people said it, it became Chan, and when Teochew or Hokkien (Singapore) people said it, it became Chan.
Read More About This SurnameTang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 12,143,349 | 1:113 | 26 |
| Hong Kong | 140,373 | 1:52 | 9 |
| Vietnam | 109,660 | 1:845 | 86 |
| Taiwan | 75,333 | 1:311 | 50 |
| Singapore | 62,592 | 1:88 | 9 |
| Malaysia | 42,641 | 1:692 | 87 |
| United States | 42,156 | 1:8,598 | 1,034 |
| Cambodia | 32,051 | 1:483 | 117 |
| Thailand | 24,603 | 1:2,871 | 59 |
| Indonesia | 15,937 | 1:8,298 | 1,070 |
| Canada | 12,950 | 1:2,845 | 351 |
| South Sudan | 12,682 | 1:900 | 179 |
| Macau | 11,762 | 1:51 | 6 |
| Australia | 7,003 | 1:3,855 | 553 |
| England | 6,351 | 1:8,773 | 1,272 |
| Cameroon | 4,417 | 1:4,702 | 569 |
| Myanmar | 3,470 | 1:14,968 | 351 |
| India | 2,933 | 1:261,529 | 15,047 |
| Ghana | 2,563 | 1:10,543 | 1,407 |
| France | 2,498 | 1:26,590 | 3,188 |
| Philippines | 2,441 | 1:41,474 | 6,538 |
| Netherlands | 1,720 | 1:9,818 | 1,297 |
| Denmark | 1,271 | 1:4,441 | 394 |
| Peru | 1,250 | 1:25,427 | 2,765 |
| South Korea | 1,248 | 1:41,058 | 137 |
| Germany | 939 | 1:85,735 | 10,835 |
| New Zealand | 828 | 1:5,469 | 884 |
| Turkey | 810 | 1:96,076 | 8,485 |
| Spain | 781 | 1:59,862 | 5,446 |
| Japan | 695 | 1:183,949 | 8,594 |
| Saudi Arabia | 676 | 1:45,645 | 6,666 |
| Venezuela | 617 | 1:48,953 | 2,457 |
| Sweden | 572 | 1:17,215 | 1,462 |
| United Arab Emirates | 473 | 1:19,371 | 2,269 |
| Mauritius | 462 | 1:2,800 | 480 |
| Brazil | 391 | 1:547,505 | 20,507 |
| Scotland | 379 | 1:14,126 | 1,808 |
| Belgium | 360 | 1:31,935 | 5,168 |
| Iran | 331 | 1:231,971 | 17,932 |
| Papua New Guinea | 268 | 1:30,424 | 3,488 |
| South Africa | 254 | 1:213,298 | 22,519 |
| Switzerland | 222 | 1:36,995 | 5,363 |
| Norway | 213 | 1:24,142 | 3,186 |
| French Polynesia | 209 | 1:1,344 | 211 |
| Kenya | 204 | 1:226,372 | 15,911 |
| Samoa | 203 | 1:955 | 301 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Wales | 191 | 1:16,202 | 1,749 |
| Colombia | 190 | 1:251,442 | 5,406 |
| Estonia | 169 | 1:7,821 | 1,013 |
| Panama | 147 | 1:26,614 | 1,627 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 145 | 1:9,407 | 1,320 |
| Suriname | 141 | 1:3,919 | 807 |
| Dominican Republic | 139 | 1:75,057 | 3,477 |
| Northern Ireland | 124 | 1:14,879 | 2,036 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Mexico | 115 | 1:1,079,358 | 13,690 |
| Austria | 110 | 1:77,413 | 11,685 |
| Ecuador | 104 | 1:152,941 | 7,134 |
| Chile | 102 | 1:172,711 | 5,686 |
| Afghanistan | 101 | 1:318,348 | 4,949 |
| Ireland | 92 | 1:51,184 | 3,668 |
| Brunei | 87 | 1:4,813 | 732 |
| Italy | 78 | 1:784,060 | 62,950 |
| Cuba | 75 | 1:153,636 | 3,696 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| Hungary | 74 | 1:132,652 | 12,253 |
| Lesotho | 70 | 1:29,037 | 5,566 |
| Russia | 64 | 1:2,251,923 | 134,938 |
| Nigeria | 63 | 1:2,811,790 | 89,258 |
| Costa Rica | 62 | 1:77,098 | 1,454 |
| Guam | 58 | 1:2,761 | 360 |
| Finland | 53 | 1:103,711 | 10,499 |
| Qatar | 53 | 1:44,491 | 4,459 |
| Belize | 49 | 1:7,255 | 1,099 |
| Pakistan | 43 | 1:4,154,509 | 29,278 |
| Romania | 43 | 1:466,927 | 36,259 |
| Argentina | 41 | 1:1,042,522 | 64,438 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Greece | 33 | 1:335,751 | 47,626 |
| Guyana | 28 | 1:27,222 | 3,043 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Jamaica | 21 | 1:136,664 | 4,886 |
| American Samoa | 17 | 1:3,280 | 753 |
| Madagascar | 16 | 1:1,478,115 | 2,908 |
| Curaçao | 14 | 1:11,232 | 389 |
| Honduras | 12 | 1:734,704 | 4,016 |
| Isle of Man | 12 | 1:7,152 | 1,559 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Laos | 9 | 1:732,036 | 508 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Tonga | 9 | 1:11,924 | 307 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 8 | 1:13,797 | 1,930 |
| El Salvador | 7 | 1:906,270 | 3,798 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 | 1:9,097 | 939 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 1:116,108 | 6,306 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 1:497,535 | 21,006 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Cyprus | 4 | 1:221,219 | 8,471 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| Cayman Islands | 3 | 1:21,298 | 1,488 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Montenegro | 3 | 1:213,188 | 6,121 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1:2,412,249 | 13,111 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Liechtenstein | 2 | 1:19,189 | 1,439 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 111 | 1:452,421 | 32,615 |
The alternate forms: Tăng (5) & Táng (4) are calculated separately.
Tang (48,989) may also be a first name.
Tang Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname originated from the Chinese surname Chen.
However, when these people migrated out of China, to their respective countries, the immigration officers at those countries each had their own dialect. Therefore when Cantonese people said it, it became Chan, and when Teochew or Hokkien (Singapore) people said it, it became Chan. And respectively for all the other variations.
- tannIn most cases, it's an ancient fief dating back thousands of years, which nowadays is located in the southwestern part of Shanxi Province, China.
- deetarnComes from an old variant meaning 'river'.
- anniectang99Tang Demographics
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Tang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tang (Bengali: তঙ্গ, Hindi: तंग, Marathi: टांग, Russian: Танг, Tibetan: བཏང་།) is held by more people in China than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Tăng or Táng. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tang? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tang is the 37th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 570 people. The last name Tang is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Tang reside; 97 percent reside in East Asia and 97 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 18,832nd most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 48,989 people.
Tang is most numerous in China, where it is carried by 12,143,349 people, or 1 in 113. Without taking into account China Tang exists in 174 countries. It is also common in Hong Kong, where 1 percent are found and Vietnam, where 1 percent are found.
Tang Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Tang has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tang surname expanded 37,978 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 211,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tang Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Tang last name are 12.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 65.67% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Tang earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 66.24% less than the national average, earning €10,139 per year; in Norway they earn 15.1% less than the national average, earning 293,835 kr per year; in Peru they earn 27.7% more than the national average, earning S/. 24,754 per year; in South Africa they earn 37.26% less than the national average, earning R 149,088 per year; in Colombia they earn 3.76% less than the national average, earning $21,849,800 COP per year; in Vietnam they earn 7.39% less than the national average, earning 76,344,400 ₫ per year; in United States they earn 17.96% more than the national average, earning $50,899 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.04% more than the national average, earning $57,157 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tang in the Bengali language | ||
| তঙ্গ | tanga | - |
| Tang in the Hindi language | ||
| तंग | tanga | 81.25 |
| टांग | tanga | 12.5 |
| टांक | tanka | 6.25 |
| Tang in the Marathi language | ||
| टांग | tanga | 61.76 |
| तंग | tanga | 29.41 |
| टंग | tanga | 2.94 |
| तांग | tanga | 2.94 |
| तमंग | tamanga | 2.94 |
| Tang in the Tibetan language | ||
| བཏང་། | tang | 50 |
| བཏང་ | tang | 50 |
| Tang in the Russian language | ||
| Танг | tang | - |
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Tang Reference & Research
Tang DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Tang FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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