Family name 汤 (Tjong 
, 汤 , Town 
) , worldwide, is a prevalent surname. The last name 汤 is characteristic of China, where it is a common surname, Indonesia, where it is quite a rare surname, and Hong Kong. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in China, Indonesia, and the United States. Much less frequently, 汤 is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Tjong | Indonesia, United Kingdom, Australia, China, United States |
| 汤 | United States, China |
| Town | Indonesia, United Kingdom, China, United States, Ethiopia |
| Towne | Myanmar, United Kingdom, Australia, China, United States |
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汤显祖 Chinese playwright (1550-1616), CN (b. 1550) |
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| 汤传盈 CN (b. 1520) |
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汤玉麟 Chinese warlord, CN (b. 1871) |
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汤化龙 Chinese politician, CN (b. 1874) |
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汤睿 CN (b. 1878) |
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汤用彤 Chinese historian and philosopher, CN (b. 1893) |
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汤芗铭 CN (b. 1885) |
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汤飞凡 Chinese biologist, CN (b. 1897) |
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汤恩伯 Chinese general (1898-1954), TW (b. 1898) |
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| 汤彦和 Qing Dynasty general, CN (b. 1850) |
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汤德章 Taiwanese lawyer, TW (b. 1907) |
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汤一介 Chinese philosopher (1927-2014), CN (b. 1927) |
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| 汤国梨 CN (b. 1883) |
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| 汤 新娘 Dutch East Indies teacher, physician, economist, politician and women's rights activist (1902-1996), NL (b. 1902) |
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汤超 Chinese physicist, CN (b. 1958) |
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