Tāng (/tɑːŋ/;[1] simplified Chinese: 汤; traditional Chinese: 湯; pinyin: tāng) is a Chinese surname.
It is 72nd surname in the Hundred Family Surnames or Baijiaxing of the Song dynasty and 101st in modern[when?]
[2] The Tang (湯) family name traces its lineage from Tang of Shang, the first ruler of the Shang dynasty.
[3] In modern times the character can also mean "soup" or "broth".
In Cantonese the surname is pronounced Tong or Thong, and in Fujian, it is usually pronounced Theng or Teng.