Wāng

Wāng
Romanisation	Wang (Wāng), Waung, Wong, Vong
Origin
Language(s)	Chinese
Meaning	"deep" ; "puddle" (archaic)

Wāng (汪ひろし) is a Chinese surname. It was 104th of the Hundred Family Surnames poem, contained in the verse Yáo, Shào, Zhàn, Wāng (姚邵湛たたえ汪ひろし). In 2013, the Fuxi Cultural Association found the name to be the 60th most common in China, being shared by around 4.83 million people or 0.360% of the population, with the province with the largest population being Anhui. Another study found it to be the 58th-most-common surname^[when?] in mainland China.^{[citation needed]}

It is also Wong in Cantonese, Ong or Ang in Hokkien, Waung or Vong in American English, and Ō or Oh in Japanese. However, in Vietnamese, it is written Uông. Wāng was listed by the NCIIS survey as the 58th most common surname in mainland China^[1] and by Yang Xuxian as the 76th most common surname on Taiwan.^[2]

Origins of Wāng

汪ひろし means "vast" in the Chinese language, and is often used to describe oceans. In the modern vernacular Chinese, it is also the onomatopoeia for the sound of a barking dog. Baxter and Sagart reconstructed it as *qʷˤaŋ and 'wang, respectively.^[3]

It was originally a shortening of Wang Mang (汪ひろし芒すすき), or Wang Wang (汪ひろし罔), name of a state in present-day Deqing County, Zhejiang. After it was conquered by a neighboring state, its inhabitants fled and the surname was shortened to Wang (汪ひろし).^[4]
The name is derived from the ancestral surname (Jiang (surname 姜きょう).^[5]

Chinese Muslims

Unlike other Hui people who claim foreign descent, Hui in Gansu with the surname Wāng are descended from Han Chinese who converted to Islam and married Hui or Dongxiang people.^{[citation needed]}

A town called Tangwangchuan in Gansu had a multi-ethnic populace, the Tang (唐とう) and Wāng families predominating. The Tang and Wang families were originally of non-Muslim Han extraction, but by the Twentieth Century some branches of the families had become Muslim by intermarriage or conversion.^[6]

Notable people

Wang Jingwei (汪ひろし精せい衞まもる) former Kuomintang officer and later Japanese collaborator
Wang Daohan (汪ひろし道どう涵, 1915–2005), Chinese diplomat and co-negotiator of the 1992 Consensus
John Clang (born Ang Choon Leng, 汪ひろし春はる龙) - American-based Singaporean artist
Jiro Wang (汪ひろし東城とうじょう born 1981) is a Taiwanese singer and actor
Wang Feng (汪ひろし峰ほう; born 1971) is a Chinese rock musician and composer
Wang Yang (汪洋おうよう; born 1955) is a Chinese politician. He is a member of the Politburo Standing Committee
Frank Wang (汪ひろし滔; Wāng Tāo; born 1980), a Chinese engineer, entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of DJI
Wang Tao (archaeologist) (汪ひろし涛 born 1962), Chinese–British archaeologist and art historian specialising in early Chinese art
Helen Kay Wang (née Below; 汪ひろし海うみ岚; born 1965) an English sinologist and translator
Wang Tao (汪ひろし涛), Chinese economist
Chloe Bennet, born Chloe Wang (汪ひろし可か盈みつる; 1992), an American actress and singer
Wang Han (Chinese: 汪ひろし涵; pinyin: Wāng Hán; born 1974), is a Chinese television variety show host
Liza Wang Ming-chuen SBS (汪ひろし明あきら荃, born 1947), is a diva, actress and MC from Hong Kong
Cecilia Wang Shi Shi (汪ひろし詩し詩し, born 1981), also known as Cissy Wang, is a Hong Kong model
Wang Dongxing (Chinese: 汪ひろし东兴; Wade–Giles: Wang Tung-hsing; 9 January 1916 – 21 August 2015) was a Chinese military commander and politician
Irene Wang Yuen Yuen (汪ひろし圓えん圓えん, born 1986) is a Hong Kong model and actress
Wang Hui (intellectual), (汪ひろし晖; born 1959) is a professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Tsinghua University
Xu Yulan (born Wang Yulan, 汪ひろし玉だま蘭らん, 1921 – 2017) a Yue opera singer-actress who plays Sheng roles (all male characters)
Wang Fang (汪ひろし芳かおる; born 11 May 1955), better known by her pen name Fang Fang, a Chinese author
Wang Qiang (footballer) (born 1984) is a Chinese international footballer as a defender
Silence Wang (汪ひろし蘇そ瀧たき; born 1989) a Chinese pop singer and songwriter.
Wang Song (汪ひろし嵩かさ; born 1983) a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Jiangsu Suning in the Chinese Super League
Wang You (Chinese: 汪ひろし猷; 1910 – 1997), also known as Yu Wang, was a Chinese biochemist. He was a pioneer of antibiotics and
Wang Weifan (汪ひろし維藩; born 1927-2015) was an evangelical Christian leader of the state-sanctioned
Wang Haijian (Chinese: 汪ひろし海うみ健けん; born 2000) is a Chinese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Shanghai Shenhua. Wang
Wang Jiajie (Chinese: 汪ひろし佳けい捷とし; born 1988 in Shanghai) is a Chinese football player who currently plays for China League Two
Wang Dazhi (Chinese: 汪ひろし达之; Pinyin: Wāng Dázhī; 1903 – 1980) was a Chinese educator. Wang Dazhi was born in Yi County, Anhui
Wang Xiaofeng (汪ひろし嘯風しょうふう; born 1944) is a retired Chinese politician.
Wang Jinxian (Chinese: 汪ひろし晋すすむ贤; born 1996) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Dalian Yifang in the Chinese Super

References

^ Xinhua Net. 公安こうあん部ぶ统计分析ぶんせき显示：王おう姓せい成なり为我国こく第だい一大いちだい姓せい. (in Chinese)
^ Yang Xuxian. 《台湾たいわん百ひゃく大だい姓氏せいし》 [Taiwan's Hundred 'Big Families']. Op. cit. 中ちゅう华百家か姓せい-千せん字じ文ぶん-国学こくがく经典-文化ぶんか经典. "中国ちゅうごく台湾たいわん姓氏せいし排はい行ぎょう [Taiwan (China) Surname Ranking]". 8 Jun 2010. Accessed 1 Apr 2012. (in Chinese)
^ Baxter, Wm. H. & Sagart, Laurent. "Baxter–Sagart Old Chinese Reconstruction". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. (1.93 MB), p. 9. 2011. Accessed 11 October 2011.
^ The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
^ "【汪ひろし】汪ひろし姓せい起源きげん_汪ひろし姓名せいめい人じん_历史上しじょう的てき今こん天てん". www.todayonhistory.com.
^ Gail Hershatter (1996). Gail Hershatter (ed.). Remapping China: fissures in historical terrain (illustrated ed.). Stanford University Press. p. 102. ISBN 0-8047-2509-8. Retrieved 17 July 2011.

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[Xinhua-1] Xinhua Net. 公安こうあん部ぶ统计分析ぶんせき显示：王おう姓せい成なり为我国こく第だい一大いちだい姓せい. (in Chinese)

[2] Yang Xuxian. 《台湾たいわん百ひゃく大だい姓氏せいし》 [Taiwan's Hundred 'Big Families']. Op. cit. 中ちゅう华百家か姓せい-千せん字じ文ぶん-国学こくがく经典-文化ぶんか经典. "中国ちゅうごく台湾たいわん姓氏せいし排はい行ぎょう [Taiwan (China) Surname Ranking]". 8 Jun 2010. Accessed 1 Apr 2012. (in Chinese)

[BaxSag2-3] Baxter, Wm. H. & Sagart, Laurent. "Baxter–Sagart Old Chinese Reconstruction". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. (1.93 MB), p. 9. 2011. Accessed 11 October 2011.

[4] The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

[5] "【汪ひろし】汪ひろし姓せい起源きげん_汪ひろし姓名せいめい人じん_历史上しじょう的てき今こん天てん". www.todayonhistory.com.

[6] Gail Hershatter (1996). Gail Hershatter (ed.). Remapping China: fissures in historical terrain (illustrated ed.). Stanford University Press. p. 102. ISBN 0-8047-2509-8. Retrieved 17 July 2011.

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