Chinese surnames

丁

dīng · Ding

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 177
Ancestral seat (junwang)
济阳
Wikidata
Q1410170

In other languages

  • German Ding
  • English Ding
  • Spanish Ding
  • French Ding
  • Korean 딩
  • Russian Динг
  • Vietnamese Đinh

Notable historical bearers

Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.

  • Denis Ten1993 – 2018

    Kazakhstani figure skater (1993–2018)

  • Ding Yuan200 – 189

    Chinese official and warlord (died 189)

  • Ding Ruchang1836 – 1895

    Chinese admiral

  • Ding Feng190 – 271

    Eastern Wu state general and official (died 271)

  • Dinh Phe De974 – 1001

    Emperor of Vietnam

  • Ding Mocun1901 – 1947

    Chinese politician (1901-1947)

  • 丁雄泉1929 – 2010

    Chinese-American artist (1929-2010)

  • Ding Yi150 – 220

    Chinese official serving warlord Cao Cao (died 220)

Find printed genealogies

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Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).