Hang (杭) is a Chinese surname. It is romanized Hong in Cantonese romanization. According to a 2013 study, it was the 350th most common name in China; it was shared by 128,000 people, or 0.01% of the population, being most popular in Jiangsu.Yuan Yida (袁义达), Qiu Jiaru, 邱家儒. 中国四百大姓. Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013 It is the 183rd name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem.K. S. Tom. (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. .
Origins Hang (杭) was adopted in place of another Chinese surname, 抗 (Kàng, "fight against"), which can be traced back to San Kang (三抗, 三杭, 三伉), an official in the state of Wey during the Spring and Autumn Period. The two characters 抗 and 杭 were interchangeable in ancient Chinese.Chao, S. J. (2000:64). 尋根溯源中國人的姓氏. United States: Clearfield Company. During the Northern Song period (10th–12th centuries AD), many people with the surname 抗 (Kàng) changed it to 杭 (Hang).https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname?surname=hang
Notable people Empress Hang (), wife of the Jingtai Emperor Hang Yihong (杭义洪, born 1962), engineer Han Lih-wu (杭立武, 1903–1991), educator, politician and diplomat
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