lǎng
Lang is a relatively uncommon surname in current use, pronounced lǎng. It is found in Dongping in Shandong, Taiyuan and Datong in Shanxi, Lichuan in Hubei, Lengshuijiang in Hunan, Lipu in Guangxi, and Longchuan in Yunnan, among Han, Zhuang, and Dai people.
One branch of the Lang surname took its surname from Langzhou, whose former seat was in present-day Changde, Hunan; another account holds that some branches changed the surname from Lang.
The records list Lang families in the Manchu Plain Red Banner. Descendants of the Mongolian Malangga and Ulanghat clans adopted Lang as a Han surname, and Lang families are also found among the Dai and Jingpo peoples.
The surname is recorded in the Xu Tongzhi: Shizu Lue and first appears in the Xingyuan. The Xing shi kaolüe states: “The surname was taken from Langzhou; some may also have changed from the Lang surname.”
The commandery association is Yingyang. Hall names include Yingyang Hall, also called Chenggao Hall, and Langzhou Hall, also called Changde Hall.
During the Qianlong period of the Qing dynasty, the Lang surname moved to a site about one kilometer east of present-day Nanwoluozi Village in Jimo, Shandong, to guard the hills. The place later became known as Zhu Family Hermitage because the Zhu surname became predominant.
Lang Qing, from Xiangtai, served as an Office Secretary in the Censorate during the Xuande period of the Ming dynasty.
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