Wang (surname)

Wáng
RomanizationWáng (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)
PronunciationWáng (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
Popularitysee popular names

Wang (/wɑːŋ/) is the pinyin romanization of the common Chinese surname (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 (Wāng) is also romanized as Wang.

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  2. ^ "公安部统计:'王'成中国第一大姓 有9288万人 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine [Public Security Bureau Statistics: 'Wang' Found China's #1 'Big Family', Includes 92.88m People]." 24 Apr 2007. Accessed 27 Mar 2012.(in Chinese)
  3. ^ "公安部发布去年全国姓名报告,"王、李、张"姓排前三". Archived from the original on 2022-05-08. Retrieved 2020-10-19.