Tang is a Chinese surname. It is the 72nd surname in the Hundred Family Surnames of the Song dynasty and the 101st most common surname in China in 2013. The Tang family name traces its lineage from Tang of Shang, the first ruler of the Shang dynasty. In modern times the character can also mean "soup" or "broth". In Cantonese, the surname is pronounced Tong1, and in Hokkien, it is pronounced Thng.

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