Tang Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Discover how your Tang ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.

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 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
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
General Servant 1
Gardner 1
Secretary Cotton 1
Grocer Assistant 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

Did you know?

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

Search for the Tang family