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Sang (surname)

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RomanisationSang
Language(s)Chinese

Sang is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname (Sāng). A variant traditional form is . Both forms were unlisted among the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames.

Distribution

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Sang was unlisted among the 100-most-common surnames in mainland China in 2007 or on Taiwan in 2005. It was the 16,712th most common name in United States during the 2000 US census.[1]

History

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Sang literally means "mulberry". Its Old Chinese form has been reconstructed as *sˤaŋ, but it was already Sang by the time of Middle Chinese.[2]

List of persons with the surname

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  • Tom Sang (b. 1999), football player from Liverpool, England

References

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  1. ^ US Census Bureau. Op. cit. Public Broadcasting Service. "How Popular Is Your Last Name?" Accessed 6 Apr 2012.
  2. ^ Baxter, Wm. H. & Sagart, Laurent. "Baxter–Sagart Old Chinese Reconstruction". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. (1.93 MB), p. 121. 2011. Accessed 11 October 2011.