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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.
A tong (Chinese: 堂; pinyin: táng; Jyutping: tong4; Cantonese Yale: tòhng; lit. 'hall') [1]: 53 is a type of organization found among Chinese immigrants predominantly living in the United States, with smaller numbers in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
It is the 64th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem. [4] The surname 唐 is also romanized as Tong when transliterated from Cantonese, and this spelling is common in Hong Kong and Macau. In Chinese, 湯 (Pinyin: Tāng), is also romanized as Tang in English (and also Tong in Cantonese), although it is less common as a surname.
Origin Total Number (2000) % (Chinese population) Character(s) Pinyin Other Forms Notes Trad. Simp. 1 Tan: Hokkien Teochew Hainanese: 237,800 9.5 陳: 陈: Chén: Chan for Cantonese, Chin for Hakka: 2 Lim: Hokkien Teochew Hainanese Hakka: 166,000 6.6 林: Lín: Lam or Lum for Cantonese: 3 Lee: Hokkien Teochew Cantonese Hainanese Hakka: 112,600 ...
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 Thong, and in Fujian, it is usually pronounced Theng or Teng.
Vernon of Haddon arms Haddon Hall, Derbyshire: photograph by Eirian Evans St Bartholomew's church, Tong, shrine church of the Vernon family.. Sir Richard de Vernon (d. c. 1215) acquired the manor by his late 12th century marriage to the heiress of Nether Haddon and Haddon Hall, Alice Avenell, daughter of William Avenell. [3]
The Tang family is the oldest, largest and most famous of the New Territories' Chinese lineages. It has been settled in the area for just over 900 years and has a long history of local dominance. It has also produced many famous scholars and officials in the tradition of large, wealthy Chinese lineages.
Pang Tong (龐統; 179–214), adviser to the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Liu Bei; Pang Xi (龐羲), official serving under the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Liu Zhang; Pang Shigu (died 897), general serving under the warlord Zhu Wen; Pang Chien-kuo (龐建國; 1953–2022), Taiwanese politician
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