The Dang surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 30,389 people carried this name — #1,155 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,710 people counted. That is up 38% from 21,953 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Dang surname
Borrowed from Vietnamese Đặng or Eastern Min 鄭／郑 (Dâng).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dang» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 474 people named Dang.
Most of them — 414 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
423 people named Dang live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 119 people named Dang live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
113 people named Dang have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 749 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
1,106 people named Dang are counted in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Dang in American newspapers,
1875–1935.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 70,487 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dang,
with a public archive behind them.
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Satpal Dang 1920–2013 · politician -
Esther Dang 1945– · politician -
Alexandre Dang 1973– · painter -
Xavier Dang 1980– · composer -
Dang Ye-seo 1981– · table tennis player -
Dang Mou 779–817
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 175 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dang.
- Dane 3,036 · U.S. census
- Danel 297 · U.S. census
- Danes 610 · U.S. census
- Danesi 259 · U.S. census
- Danet 128 · U.S. census
- Daney 447 · U.S. census
- Dangel 503 · U.S. census
- Danger 459 · U.S. census
- Dangler 1,173 · U.S. census
- Dani 616 · U.S. census
- Daniel 80,526 · U.S. census
- Daniele 1,431 · U.S. census
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