Hang (surname)
{{Short description|Chinese family name}}
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Hang (杭) is a Chinese surname.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sw8bAQAAMAAJ&q=%E7%BE%8A+yang+surname|title=羊姓史话|date=February 23, 2001|publisher=江西人民出版社|isbn=9787210024453 |via=Google Books}} It is romanized Hong in Cantonese romanization. According to a 2013 study, it was the 350th most common name in China; it was shared by 128,000 people, or 0.01% of the population, being most popular in Jiangsu.Yuan Yida (袁义达), Qiu Jiaru, 邱家儒. 中国四百大姓. Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013 It is the 183rd name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem.K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. {{ISBN|0-8248-1285-9}}.
Origins
Hang (杭) was adopted in place of another Chinese surname, 抗 (Kàng, "fight against"), which can be traced back to San Kang (三抗, 三杭, 三伉), an official in the state of Wey during the Spring and Autumn Period. The two characters 抗 and 杭 were interchangeable in ancient Chinese.Chao, S. J. (2000:64). 尋根溯源中國人的姓氏. United States: Clearfield Company. During the Northern Song period (10th–12th centuries AD), many people with the surname 抗 (Kàng) changed it to 杭 (Hang).https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname?surname=hang{{cite web | url=https://www.mychinaroots.com/surnames/detail?word=%E6%9D%AD | title=My China Roots }}
Notable people
- Empress Hang ({{died in|1456}}), wife of the Jingtai Emperor
- Hang Yihong (杭义洪, born 1962), engineer
- Han Lih-wu (杭立武, 1903–1991), educator, politician and diplomat
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