Dāng Surname

Surname Overview

Overview

Dang (當), pronounced Dāng, is a relatively rare surname in current use. As a Han Chinese surname, it is recorded in Zheng Qiao's Treatise on Clan Names.

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Origins

Ji Lineage and Official Title

One account traces the surname to the Ji lineage. In the Spring and Autumn period, Dangguo was a title for Lu's governing chief minister; some descendants of Ji Qingfu adopted Dangguo as a surname, later shortening it to Dang and other surnames.

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Xiongnu Official Title

One account derives the surname from Danghu, a Xiongnu official title in the Han period. After the Xiongnu polity dissolved, some people adopted Danghu from an ancestral office and later Sinicized it to Dang or Hu.

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Qiang-Rong, Toponymic, and Mongol Origins

Other accounts identify Qiang-Rong, the Tang-era prefecture of Dangzhou, and Mongol origins. The former seat of Dangzhou lay within present-day Songpan, Sichuan.

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Migration and Distribution

Modern Distribution

The Dang surname is found in Linfen and Yuncheng in Shanxi, Hancheng in Shaanxi, Tacheng in Xinjiang, Lushi in Henan, Yiyang in Hunan, and Qingliu in Fujian. It is also present in Uxin Banner in Inner Mongolia, Yongchang in Gansu, Xiaoshan in Zhejiang, and Taipei in Taiwan.

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Notable People

Recorded Person and Commandery

Dang Jian is identified as a Han-era figure recorded in the Book of Han; the surname's commandery affiliation is listed as Jiacheng.

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