Chinese surnames

曾

zēng · Zeng

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 383
Ancestral seat (junwang)
鲁郡
Wikidata
Q2603704

In other languages

  • German Zeng
  • English Zeng
  • Spanish Zeng
  • French Zeng
  • Japanese 曽
  • Korean 쩡
  • Russian Цзэн
  • Vietnamese Tăng

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Zeng Guofan1811 – 1872

    Chinese politician and military commander (1811–1872)

  • Zengzi504 BCE – 435 BCE

    Chinese philosopher and disciple of Confucius (505–435 BC)

  • Kenneth Tsang1935 – 2022

    Hong Kong actor (1935–2022)

  • Zeng Gong1019 – 1083

    Chinese historian, poet, politician, and writer (1019–1083)

  • Zeng Liansong1917 – 1999

    economist, designer of the flag of the People's Republic of China

  • Zeng Jize1839 – 1890

    Chinese diplomat (1839-1890)

  • 曾金莲1964 – 1982

    tallest woman verified in modern times

  • Zeng Jing1564 – 1647

    Chinese painter (1564-1647)

  • Tăng Tuyết Minh1905 – 1991

    Chinese midwife and wife of Ho Chi Minh (1905–1991)

  • Zeng Pu1872 – 1935

    Chinese writer (1872–1935)

  • Tseng Kwong Chi1950 – 1990

    American photographer, born in Hong Kong (1950-1990)

  • Ling Li1942 – 2018

    Chinese writer and historian (1942-2018)

  • Zeng Qi1892 – 1951

    Chinese politician

  • Zeng Jiongzhi1898 – 1940

    Chinese mathematician (1898-1940)

  • Tsang Tsou-choi1921 – 2007

    Hong Kong graffiti artist (1921-2007)

  • Zeng Guoquan1824 – 1890

    Chinese general and Qing dynasty official (1824–1890)

  • Zeng Gongliang998 – 1078

    Chinese politician

  • Zeng Guoyuan1953 – 2019

    Singaporean businessman

  • Tian Jiaying1922 – 1966

    Chinese historian and Mao Zedong's secretary

  • Empress Xiaoyixiang1605 – 1646

    Ming Dynasty emperess

  • Tan Ah Eng1955 – 2013

    Member of the Parliament of Malaysia (1955-2013)

  • Zeng Yangfu1898 – 1969

    (1898-1969)

  • Li Qiang1905 – 1996

    Chinese revolutionary and politician (1905–1996)

  • Tsang Hin-chi1934 – 2019

    Hong Kong entrepreneur and politician (1934–2019)

Find printed genealogies

The Shanghai Library holds one of the largest collections of Chinese family genealogies (jiapu). Its genealogy platform lists each genealogy's title, ancestral place, founding ancestor, hall name and holding library. Search there by surname and your family's ancestral place.

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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).