Bang Family History
Bang Name Meaning
Korean: variant of Pang 8. Chinese: Teochew Hokkien and Taiwanese form of the surname 馮 see Feng The dialects in which this form is used can be found in eastern Guangdong Fujian and Taiwan from where many people migrated to Singapore Malaysia and other parts of Southeast Asia. Vietnamese (Bàng): from the Chinese surnames 龐 or 逄 see Pang 1 and Norwegian: habitational name from a farm named Bang from bank ‘flat hill-top’ or ‘terrace’. Danish: from Old Danish bang ‘noise’ hence a nickname for a loud or brash person. German: nickname for a timid person from Middle High German Middle Low German bang ‘fearful nervous’ or from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with the word bang of uncertain meaning.7: Swedish (Bång): soldier's name from bång ‘noise’. Compare Bong .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022