鄧氏圖騰釋義 

【釋義】 鄧的本義是地名。在金文中，「鄧」即為「登」。「登」字在《說文解字》中的註解為：「登，上車也。」認為「登」的初衷是「兩手捧著登車之物」。 

【起源】 大約在公元前13世紀，商高宗武丁封其叔父於「鄧」（今河南鄧州），建立侯爵鄧國，賜姓為「曼」。曼姓鄧國在周朝時是南方較為重要的異姓諸侯國。春秋時期，鄧國因得罪楚國，傳至鄧祁侯時，於公元前678年被楚文王所滅。其後代子孫「以國為氏」，這就是鄧氏。

• 得姓始祖： 鄧伯溫

• 始祖地： 河南鄧州

• 郡望堂號： 南陽、安定；謙恕堂、洛陽堂

• 當今排序／人口： 第27位／約821萬

• 宋版百家姓排序： 第180位

• 現存家譜： 392部

Interpretation of the Deng Clan Totem 

[Definition] The original meaning of "Deng" (鄧) is a place name. In Bronze Inscriptions (Jinwen), "Deng" was represented by the character "Deng" (登 - to climb or ascend). In the Shuowen Jiezi, "Deng" is annotated as "to board a carriage." It is believed the original intent of the character depicted "two hands holding an object used to board a vehicle."

[Origin] Around the 13th century BC, King Wuding of the Shang Dynasty enfeoffed his uncle in Deng (present-day Dengzhou, Henan), establishing the Marquisate of Deng and granting the surname "Man" (曼). During the Zhou Dynasty, the Man-Deng State was a significant vassal state of a different surname in the south. In the Spring and Autumn period, having offended the State of Chu, the lineage reached Marquis Qi of Deng, at which point the state was conquered by King Wen of Chu in 678 BC. His descendants adopted the state's name as their surname, forming the Deng clan.

• Ancestral Founder: Deng Bowen

• Ancestral Homeland: Dengzhou, Henan

• Prefectural Seats (Junwang) and Hall Names: Nanyang, Anding; Qianshu Hall, Luoyang Hall

• Current Ranking / Population: 27th / Approx. 8.21 million

• Song Dynasty "Hundred Family Surnames" Rank: 180th

• Extant Genealogical Records: 392 volumes