Wang (surname)

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Wáng

Romanization	Wáng (Mandarin) Wong (Hong Kong, Macau, Cantonese, Hakka) Wung (Shanghainese) Ong, Ung (Hokkien) Heng (Teochew) Uōng (Gan) Wang (Korean) Ō (Japanese) Vang, Uang, Vaaj (Hmong) Vương (Vietnamese) Heng (Thai)
Pronunciation	Wáng (Mandarin Pinyin) Wong4 (Cantonese Jyutping) Ông (Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Language(s)	Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Taiwanese, Thai, Cantonese, Mandarin
Origin
Language(s)	Old Chinese
Meaning	"King"[1]
Other names
Variant form(s)	Wung, Bong, Vuong Wong
Popularity	see popular names

Wang (/wɑːŋ/) is the pinyin romanization of the common Chinese surname 王 (Wáng). It is currently the most common surname in Mainland China, one of the most common surnames in Asia, with more than 107 million in Asia. It is the 8th name listed in the famous Hundred Family Surnames.^[2][3]

A separate surname 汪 (Wāng) is also romanized as Wang.