Chinese surname

Surname Teng

鄧 · 丁

Teng is a Chinese surname, a Hokkien or Teochew spelling of 鄧 (Deng) and also of 丁 (Ding).

Characters for the surname Teng

The spelling Teng is common in Hokkien and Teochew romanization.

鄧

name of an ancient state; surname

Hokkien tēng / Teochew dêng6 / Mandarin dèng (Wade–Giles Têng)

attested
丁

adult man; fourth of the Heavenly Stems; surname

Hokkien teng / Teochew dêng1 / Mandarin dīng

鄧 all spellings of dèng 丁 all spellings of dīng

Possible characters for Teng

The spelling Teng can stand for 2 characters. The spelling alone does not show which one a family uses.

Character	Mandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
鄧	dèng · Hokkien · Teochew
丁	dīng · Hokkien · Teochew

Other spellings of the same character

Tang 鄧Teochew, Cantonese, Mandarin (pinyin)
Ding 丁Foochow, Mandarin (pinyin)
Ting 丁Foochow, Cantonese

About the surname Teng

Teng is the Hokkien and Teochew spelling of the surname 鄧 (simplified 邓, Mandarin Deng), read tēng in Hokkien and dêng6 in Teochew; in Wade–Giles Mandarin it is spelled Têng. 邓 is recorded in public data for Malaysians with this spelling. The character 丁 (Mandarin Ding) is also read teng in Hokkien and dêng1 in Teochew. The meaning depends on the characters a family uses.

Sources

Wiktionary: 鄧 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
MDBG: 鄧 · mdbg.net · meaning
Wiktionary: 丁 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
MDBG: 丁 · mdbg.net · meaning
Wiktionary: Teng (English surname) · en.wiktionary.org · romanization

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Entry ID: mn00973 · Updated 2026-10-26 · Report a mistake