Tang (唐 / 湯)
2 Taiwanese surnames carry the spelling Tang.
唐 T'ang
- Zhuyin
- ㄊㄤˊ
- Pinyin
- táng
- Wade-Giles
- T'ang
- Further spellings of 唐
- Tang
- Taiwanese Hokkien (Tâi-lô)
- Tn̂g Tn̂g is the colloquial (白讀) reading, while tông is the character's literary (文讀) reading.
- Hakka (Sixian)
- tong¹¹
- Rank in Taiwan
- 71st most common surname, roughly 0.17% of the population (2023 Ministry of the Interior figures)
What the character means
The name of Emperor Yao's legendary age, and of the Tang dynasty; the character also appears in 荒唐 'absurd' and 唐突 'rude, abrupt'.
Where the surname comes from
Tradition traces it to the Taotang (陶唐) clan of Emperor Yao; a second line descends from Shu Yu of Tang (唐叔虞), younger brother of King Cheng of Zhou. Hall name (堂號): 晉陽堂.
Saying it 我姓唐 — wǒ xìng táng (ㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄤˊ), "my family name is 唐"
湯 T'ang
- Zhuyin
- ㄊㄤ
- Pinyin
- tāng
- Wade-Giles
- T'ang
- Further spellings of 湯
- Tang
- Taiwanese Hokkien (Tâi-lô)
- Thng Thng is the colloquial (白讀) reading, while thong is the character's literary (文讀) reading.
- Hakka (Sixian)
- tong²⁴
- Rank in Taiwan
- 78th most common surname, roughly 0.15% of the population (2023 Ministry of the Interior figures)
What the character means
'Soup'; 'hot water'; it is also the name of Tang (成湯), founder of the Shang dynasty.
Where the surname comes from
Tradition traces it to the descendants of King Tang of Shang (成湯), who adopted his name as their surname. Hall name (堂號): 中山堂.
Saying it 我姓湯 — wǒ xìng tāng (ㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄤ), "my family name is 湯"
Sources: rank and share, 內政部 全國姓名統計分析 (Ministry of the Interior, National Name Statistics), data as of 2023-06-30. Taiwanese Hokkien readings, 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (MOE Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi), 百家姓 appendix. Hakka, 教育部臺灣客語辭典 (MOE Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka), 百家姓表, Sixian (四縣腔).