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滕 Teng — a rarer surname
64.4 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Teng |
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| Strokes | 15 |
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| Commonness | outside the top 100 |
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| Type | single-character |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname from the ancient State of Teng, in modern Shandong.
Why it scores this way
Easy to say96
Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.
Recognised in China45
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write45
15 strokes — more than most; it will take real practice to write smoothly.
People who carried this name
- Teng Zhaoxiang — —
- Teng Daiyuan — Chinese Communist revolutionary and general, former Minister of Railways, one of the founders of the People's Liberation Army.
- Teng Zijing — Northern Song official, friend of Fan Zhongyan, famously mentioned in 'Yueyang Lou Ji' as the prefect who rebuilt Yueyang Tower.
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