Nguyen

Nguyễn
Chữ Hán for Nguyễn
PronunciationHanoi: [ŋwiə̯n˧ˀ˥]
Saigon: [ŋwiə̯ŋ˧˩˧]
Language(s)Vietnamese
Other names
Variant form(s)Ruan, Yuen

Nguyễn (sometimes abbreviated as Ng̃) is the most common surname of the Vietnamese people.

Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen.[a]

By some estimates 30 to 39 percent of Vietnamese people bear this surname.[1][2][3]


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  1. ^ Lê Trung Hoa, Họ và tên người Việt Nam, NXB Khoa học - Xã hội, 2005
  2. ^ "Vietnamese names". Archived from the original on 1 July 2008.
  3. ^ Kelly, Maura (27 July 2011). "Nafissatou and Amadou". Slate.