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Teng Surname Meaning

Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 滕 (or rarely 腾) meaning ‘(water) surging’ in ancient Chinese: (i) from Teng (滕) the name of a state (located in present-day Tengxian in Shandong province) which was given to Cuo Shu Xiu the 14th son of King Wen of Zhou (1152–1056 BC). (ii) said to be borne by one of the 25 sons of the legendary emperor Huang Di the ‘Yellow Emperor’ (c. 27th century BC).

(iii) adopted as a Han Chinese surname by minority ethnic groups such as Manchus and Mongolians. Chinese: alternative Mandarin form (also Teochew or Hokkien form) of the surname 鄧 see Deng.

Chinese: alternative Cantonese form of the surname 丁 see Ding. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 陳 see Chen.

Chinese: Hokkien or Teochew form of the surname 湯. Also variant Romanization of the surname 唐. See Tang.

Cambodian: written តេង of Chinese origin (compare above).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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Between 1969 and 2004, in the United States, Teng life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1979, and highest in 1976. The average life expectancy for Teng in 1969 was 66, and 71 in 2004.

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