Tang Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 5
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 5
Warwickshire 4
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Tang Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tang family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 3
Private Royal Mariner 1
Cotton Reeler 1
Painter 1
Painter's Ap 1
Journeyman Iron Miner 1
Saddler Journeyman 1
Wheel Wright 1
Female Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Tang

Name Census Frequency
Mary Tang 12
John Tang 9
William Tang 8
George Tang 7
James Tang 6
Thomas Tang 5
Annie Tang 4
Elizabeth Tang 4
Jane Tang 4
Charles Tang 3
Richard Tang 3
Alice Tang 2
Cornelius Tang 2
Dorothy Tang 2
Edwin Tang 2
Frederick Tang 2
Man Tang 2
Margaret Tang 2
Row Tang 2
Sarah Tang 2
Stephen Tang 2
Adam Tang 1
Adriner Tang 1
Amelia Tang 1
Ann Tang 1

Tang Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Tonge 60% 12,111
2 Tong 75% 7,573
3 Tongue 50% 6,744
4 Toung 60% 247
5 Outing 50% 208
6 Ting 75% 195
7 Tounge 50% 154
8 Tang 100% 143

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The surname Tang is the 8th most popular variant of Tonge.

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