Chinese surnames

邓

dèng · Deng

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 180
Ancestral seat (junwang)
南阳
Wikidata
Q2578531

In other languages

  • German Deng
  • English Deng
  • Spanish Deng
  • French Deng
  • Japanese 鄧
  • Korean 덩
  • Russian Дэн
  • Vietnamese Đặng
  • Traditional Chinese 鄧

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Deng Xiaoping1904 – 1997

    Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989

  • Teresa Teng1953 – 1995

    Taiwanese ROC singer (1953-1995)

  • Trường Chinh1907 – 1988

    former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1907–1988)

  • Deng Yingchao1904 – 1992

    Chinese politician (1904-1992)

  • Deng Ai197 – 264

    Cao Wei state general and official (197–264)

  • Betty Ong1956 – 2001

    American flight assistant (1956–2001)

  • Empress Deng Sui81 – 121

    Han dynasty empress (81-121)

  • Deng Liqun1915 – 2015

    Chinese politician (1915-2015)

  • Deng Yu2 – 58

    Eastern Han dynasty general and official (2-58 CE) (2-58)

  • Deng Zhi178 – 251

    Shu Han official, diplomat and general (died 251)

  • Deng Shichang1849 – 1894

    Chinese admiral (1849-1894)

  • Dominic Tang1908 – 1995

    Catholic archbishop (1908–1995)

  • Deng Xi545 BCE – 501 BCE

    Chinese philosopher and rhetorician (c.545–501 BCE)

  • Empress Deng Mengnü150 – 165

    Chinese Han Dynasty empress (died 165)

  • Teng Yu-hsien1906 – 1944

    Taiwanese composer (1906–1944)

  • Deng Tuo1912 – 1966

    Chinese writer and intellectual

  • Deng Zhongxia1894 – 1933

    Chinese politician (1894–1933)

  • Deng Hua1910 – 1980

    Chinese military officer

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).