Ding (Chinese: 丁; pinyin: Dīng) is the simplest written Chinese family name in existence (the only character that is simpler is "一" i. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Chinese family name is one of the hundreds or thousands of Family names that have been historically used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic e. "one"). It is written in two strokes and is first on the Chinese surname stroke order. The Surname Stroke Order ( Simplified Chinese:姓氏笔划排列 arose as an impartial method of categorization in the order on which names appear in official documentation or

Contents 1 Speculated origin 2 Other variations 3 Prominent people 4 Fictional character

Speculated origin

Ding is the 46th most common surname in China. There are four main sources of the Dings:

1) The earliest record of this surname in history was the duke of Ding during the Shang Dynasty.

2) Came from the last name of Jiang. The youngest son of Qi Tai Gong, Qi Ding Gong was a high-ranking judge during the reigns of Zhou Cheng Wang and Zhou Kang Wang. After his death, his descendents used his middle name as their last name to commemorate him.

3) During Chun Qiu period, the descendents of a judge called Song Ding Gong, also used Ding as their last name.

4) During the Three Kingdoms period, a general, Sun Kuang of the Wu kingdom, accidentally burnt the food supply and as a punishment, the king Sun Quan ordered this general to change his last name to Ding (the king did not want to bear the same last name as this guilty general. )

Hometown: North west of Dingtao in the Shandong Province of eastern China.

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Other variations

• Ting.
• Đinh, used in Vietnam

Prominent people

• Diem Lien (born Đinh Diễm Liên)
• Ding Feng
• Ding Junhui, Chinese snooker player
• Ding Lei
• Ding Ling
• Ding Wei
• Ding Yuan
• Ding Zilin, Professor, currently the leader of the political pressure group Tiananmen Mothers. Vietnamese ( tiếng Việt, or less commonly Việt ngữ) formerly known under French colonization as Annamese ( see Annam) Diễm Liên (born Đinh Diễm Liên in 1971 is a Vietnamese Singer and Actress born and raised in Đà Lạt. Ding Feng (190 - 271 styled Chengyuan (承淵 was a military general serving under the Kingdom of Wu during the Three Kingdoms era of China Ding Junhui ( sometimes referred to as Jun-hui Ding in the West born April 1, 1987) is a Chinese Snooker player born in Yixing Snooker is a Cue sport that is played on a large Baize -covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long Ding Lei ( born October 1971 is the founder and CEO of NetEase. Dīng Líng (丁玲 was the pseudonym of Jiǎng Bīngzhī (蒋冰之 also known as Bīn Zhǐ (彬芷 ( October 12, 1904 - March 4 1986) a Ding Wei (born May 16, 1979) is a professional Go player. Biography In 1992 Ding became a professional For the Chinese Qing Dynasty battleship see Dingyuan. Ding Yuan (? &ndash 189 was a regional governor and minor warlord during the late Professor Ding Zilin ( Chinese: 丁子霖 born December 20, 1936 or January 1, 1939) is currently the leader of the political pressure The Tiananmen Mothers is a group of Chinese democracy activists promoting a change in the government's position over the suppression of the Tiananmen Square protests of
• Shayla (Đinh Bảo Châu), Vietnamese American singer
• Dinh Bo Linh (Đinh Bō Lïnh), considered the first king in the history of Vietnam
• Viet D. Dinh (Đinh Đồng Phụng Việt), Assistant Attorney General of the United States from 2001 to 2003
• Samuel C. C. Ting, Nobel Prize laureates in Physics, 1976. A Vietnamese American (người Mỹ gốc Việt is a resident of the United States who is of Vietnamese heritage Đinh Bộ Lĩnh ( Hán tự: 丁[[wikt 部|部]] 領; 923–979 r Viet D Dinh (Đinh Đồng Phụng Việt born February 22, 1968) is a lawyer who served as the Assistant Attorney General of Many of the divisions and offices of the United States Department of Justice are headed by an Assistant Attorney General. Samuel Chao Chung Ting (丁肇中 Pinyin: Dīng Zhàozhōng Wade-Giles: Ting¹ Chao⁴-chung¹ (born January 27, 1936) is an American

Fictional character

• Ding Hai, the central character of The Greed of Man, played by Adam Cheng. The Greed of Man ( Traditional Chinese: 大時代 "Great Era" was a Drama Series that was broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong during Adam Cheng Siu-Chow (born February 24, 1947 in Hong Kong) is a popular TVB Actor and Singer in Hong Kong.

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