Sang (surname)
Sang is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 桑 (Sāng). A variant traditional form is 桒. Both forms were unlisted among the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames.
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| Romanisation | Sang |
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| Language(s) | Chinese |
Distribution
Sang was unlisted among the 100-most-common surnames in mainland China in 2007 or on Taiwan in 2005. It was the 16,712nd 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
- Sang Guowei (b. 1941), Chinese politician
- Sang Hongyang (c. 152–80 BC), Han-era official
- Sang Lan (b. 1981), Chinese gymnast and television personality
- Samantha Sang (b. 1951), the stage name of the Chinese-Australian singer Cheryl Lau Sang
- Stephanie Sang Xu (b. 1986), Chinese-Australian table tennis player
- Sang Xue (b. 1984), Chinese diver
- Sang Yang (b. 1982), Chinese badminton player
- Tom Sang (b. 1999), football player from Liverpool, England
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gollark: Which was kind of the case before - my autoinvestor bot was extremely successful just investing in any post with a large number of investments.
gollark: Honestly I think it's kind of stupid even with lots of players, since the only thing which has any impact on how much you get is how many other people wildly jump on the bandwagon.
gollark: That seems... bad.
gollark: *Just* how it's been bought/sold? Not how popular the meme is or something?
References
- US Census Bureau. Op. cit. Public Broadcasting Service. "How Popular Is Your Last Name?" Accessed 6 Apr 2012.
- 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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