Surname Overview
Deng is a currently uncommon Han Chinese surname, distributed today in Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Fujian, Guangdong, Yunnan, and other areas, and is recorded in the Zheng Tongzhi: Shizu Lue.
Deng Surname
Surname profileDeng / Deng
Origins
Four Origins
The recorded origins of the Deng surname include descendants of the ancient Lord Deng and Shang official Deng Heng; Deng formed by removing the “邑” component from Deng; a change from Dengbei; and a Manchu surname in the Qing period.
Historical Records
Documentary Attestations
The Xing Shi Kao Lüe, citing the Xing Kao, records descendants of Shang Tang’s palace gate officer Deng Heng as bearing the Deng surname and gives Shippeng and Nanyang as its commanderies of prominence.
Migration and Distribution
Deng families are distributed in Chengdu in Sichuan; Wudang, Xiangfan, Zhijiang, and Yichang in Hubei; Nanyang in Henan; Tongliao and Chifeng in Inner Mongolia; Nong’an in Changchun, Jilin; and areas of Taiwan including Tamsui and Daliao.
Notable People
Historical Figures
Recorded Deng figures include Deng Dao, Left Fengyi in the Later Han; Deng Bao, a palace construction director; and Deng Ding, who, according to the Shu Lu, entered Shippeng from the Guanzhong region.
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