Sang_(surname)

Sang (surname)

Sang (surname)

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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.

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Distribution

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

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

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

References

  1. 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.



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