Family name origins & meanings
- Chinese :
from the name of a fiefdom called Teng in
present-day Shandong province, which existed during the Zhou dynasty
(1122–221 bc). Accounts of the name Teng in fact go back
much further, to the legendary emperor Huang Di (2697–2595
bc), who had a son called Teng. The Zhou dynasty name is
documented from 1122 bc, when the fourteenth son of Wen Wang,
the founder of the dynasty, was granted a fief named Teng in
present-day Shandong province. His descendants eventually adopted the
place name as their surname. - Chinese :
variant
spelling of Deng.