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Wang (surname)

Not to be confused with Wāng (surname) or Wong (surname).

Wang (/wɑːŋ/) is the pinyin romanization of the common Chinese surnames 王おう (Wáng) and 汪ひろし (Wāng).[a] 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]

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
Wāng
PronunciationWāng (Mandarin Pinyin)
Wong1 (Cantonese Jyutping)
Ong (Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Wung (Shanghainese)
Waung (North American)
Wang (Korean)
Uông (Vietnamese) Whung
Language(s)Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese
Origin
Language(s)Chinese
Meaning"Vast"
Other names
Variant form(s)Ang, Vang, Waung, Wong, Wung, Vong, Vung

Population and distribution

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Wáng is one of the most common surnames in the world and was listed by the People's Republic of China's National Citizen ID Information System as the most common surname in mainland China in April 2007, with 92.88 million bearers and comprising 7.25% of the general population.[4][5]

A 2018 survey found that there were over 100 million Wang in China, ranking first.[3]

Wáng was also the most common surname in Mainland China in 2019.[6]

A 2013 study found the province with the most people sharing the name was Henan. Overall the name is more prevalent in Northern China.[7] In 2019 it was the most common surname in nearly every northern province or province-level division: Xinjiang, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shandong, Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang, as well as the southern province of Hainan.[6]

It was the 6th most common surname in Taiwan in 2018, comprising 4.10% of the general population.[8]

Ong is the 5th-most-common surname among Chinese Singaporeans and Wang the 6th, although Wong also includes the surname 黃き (Huang in Mandarin).[9] Singaporean Wangs are 78,000 and 1.5% of Singapore's population and 2.5% of Singapore's Chinese population.

There are 143,000 recorded Wangs in the United States, as of 2014.[10] This is a double increase from 2000, when 63,800 Wangs ranked 10th most common amongst Asian Americans and 440th amongst all Americans, respectively.[11] There are 51,000 Wangs in California, 17,000 New York, 10,400 Texas, 5,900 New Jersey, 5,700 Illinois. Californian Wangs rank 55th in state, highest in rank as well by state of any state. Wang and Wong are sometimes interchangeable, as well as other Wang-based surnames so the number could vary.

Wang (Korean: 왕) is a fairly rare surname in South Korea. The year 2000 South Korean Census listed only 23,447 Wangs.[12]

Origins of Wang

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Wang 王おう is the Chinese word for "king". William Baxter and Laurent Sagart reconstructed the Old Chinese form of Wáng as *‍ɢʷaŋ and the Middle Chinese as hjwang.[1]

The modern bearers of the name Wang come from many different backgrounds, but there are four principal origins of the modern surname: Zi, Ji, Gui, and the adoption of the name from ethnic groups outside the Han Chinese.[13][better source needed]

House of Zi

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The most ancient family name of Wang was originated from the surname Zi (子こ). The Chinese legend mentions that near the end of Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang's uncle Bi Gan, Ji Zi, and Wei Zi were called "The Three Kindhearted Men of Shang". King Zhou was violent in his rule, and Bi Gan repeatedly remonstrated to the king regarding his behavior. The king shunned his comments and killed Bi Gan instead. Bi's descendants used Wang as their surname as they are descendants of a prince and were known as "The Bi clan of the Wang family".[14][better source needed] The Zi clan has existed for about 3100 years through Qin dynasty to Tang dynasty and exists today. The Zi clan of Wang lived predominantly in modern-day Henan[where?] during these times and developed into the famous Wang family of Ji prefecture.[15]

House of Ji

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More Wang were originated from the royal family of Zhou dynasty. The original surname of the royal family of Zhou dynasty was Ji (姬ひめ). However, many of them have separated out of the family due to the loss of power and land. Because they once belonged to the royal family, they used Wang as their surname. This family of Wang traced its ancestry to Wang Ziqiao.[16]

According to the classical records, after King Wu of Zhou defeated the Shang dynasty, he established the Western Zhou dynasty. During the reign of the 21st king, King Ling of Zhou (571 - 545 BCE), the capital was in Chengzhou, which is the present day Luoyang, Henan. A son of King Ling, Wangzi Qiao or Prince Qiao, was reduced to civilian status due to his remonstration to the king. His son Zong Jin remained as a Situ in the palace, and because of the people at the time recognized him as the descendant of the royal family, they called his family the "Wang family".[17]

Another origin is that the surname is from Crown Prince Jin, son of King Ling of Zhou of the Eastern Zhou dynasty. Jin criticized plans to divert the Gu and Luo rivers and was disinherited by his father. His descendants adopted the surname Wang in commemoration of his royal status.[18]

In other cases, the name can also be traced back to Tian He, who usurped the throne of the Qi in 391 BC. After the annihilation of Qi by Qin in 221 BC, some descendants of nobles of Qi adopted the surname Wang in commemoration of royal ancestry.

Wang was also used as a surname by descendants of royal families in certain other states, like Wei, during the Warring States period.

The surname has also been adopted by some families of minorities like the Ke Yi (可か颐) families of the Xianbei during the Northern Wei dynasty.

In some families, this surname is traced back to ancestors who either were endowed with it by an emperor or changed their original surname, claiming royal status.[which?]

During the Tang dynasty the Li clan of Zhaojun 赵郡李り氏し, the Cui clan of Boling 博はく陵りょう崔ちぇ氏し, the Cui clan of Qinghe 清河きよかわ崔ちぇ氏し, the Lu clan of Fanyang 范陽盧の氏し, the Zheng clan of Xingyang 荥阳郑氏, the Wang clan of Taiyuan 太ふとし原はら王おう氏し, and the Li clan of Longxi 隴西李り氏し were the seven noble families between whom marriage was banned by law.[19] Moriya Mitsuo wrote a history of the Later Han-Tang period of the Taiyuan Wang. Among the strongest families was the Taiyuan Wang.[20] The prohibition on marriage between the clans issued in 659 by the Gaozong Emperor was flouted by the seven families since a woman of the Boling Cui married a member of the Taiyuan Wang, giving birth to the poet Wang Wei.[21] He was the son of Wang Chulian who in turn was the son of Wang Zhou.[22]

The marriages between the families were performed clandestinely after the prohibition was implemented on the seven families by Gaozong.[23] The Zhou dynasty King Ling's son Prince Jin is assumed by most to be the ancestor of the Taiyuan Wang.[24] The Longmen Wang were a cadet line of the Zhou dynasty descended Taiyuan Wang, and Wang Yan and his grandson Wang Tong hailed from his cadet line.[25] Both Buddhist monks and scholars hailed from the Wang family of Taiyuan such as the monk Tanqian.[26] The Wang family of Taiyuan included Wang Huan.[27] Their status as "Seven Great surnames" became known during Gaozong's rule.[28] The Taiyuan Wang family produced Wang Jun who served under Emperor Huai of Jin.[29] A Fuzhou-based section of the Taiyuan Wang produced the Buddhist monk Baizhang.[30]

The surname in other countries

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East Asia

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Korea

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Wang
Hangul
왕
Hanja
王おう
Revised RomanizationWang
McCune–ReischauerWang

The surname Wang has a Goguryeo origin and was the royal surname of Goryeo dynasty which was founded by Wang Geon. It is said that when Goryeo fell, many changed their surname to Jeon (全あきら) / Jeon (田た) / Ok (玉たま) to avoid severe persecution from the succeeding Joseon dynasty. The Kaesong Wang lineage traces its ancestry to the Goryeo rulers.

Japan

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Ō (Japanese: 王おう) is a rare Japanese name, mostly held by those of Chinese descent, such as the baseball player Sadaharu Oh (王おう貞治さだはる), also known as Wang Chen-chih, as well as Go player, Ō Rissei (王立誠おうりつせい). .

Southeast Asia

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Indonesia

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In Indonesia, the surname is often romanized as "Heng", "Bong" or "Ong" for people of Hokkien descent,[31] and more commonly as Ong by Chinese Peranakan. In some cases, the meaning of the names were translated into a name that sounds more like the area where these immigrant families settled in such as the surname Suraja, where in this case raja means king in Indonesian and Javanese and Su- is a common prefix within Javanese surnames.

Vietnam

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In Vietnam, the name is rendered Vương (王おう) meaning King.

Europe

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Scandinavia

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Wang is also an unrelated surname in Sweden and Norway. It is a variant spelling of the name Vang which is derived from the Old Norse word vangr, meaning field or meadow.

Germany and Netherlands

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Wang is also a surname in the German and Dutch languages. The name is derived from Middle German wang/ Middle Dutch waenge, which is literally "cheek". However, in southern German, its meaning, "grassy slope" or "field of grass", is similar to the Scandinavian surname.

Notable people surnamed Wang

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Note: people generally romanized as "Wong" are listed in the "Wong" article. People generally romanized as "Ong" are listed in the "Ong" article. People with the family name "Vuong" are listed in the "Vuong" article.

Historical figures

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  • Wang Anshi (王おう安やすし石せき), Song Dynasty politician
  • Wang Bao (王おう褒), Han Dynasty poet and author
  • Wang Bi (王おう弼), Three Kingdoms Taoist philosopher
  • Wang Bo (王おう勃), a Tang dynasty Chinese poet
  • Wong Chat Bong (王おう澤さわ邦くに/王おう泽邦), founder of Wong Lo Kat (王おう老ろう吉きち) a Chinese herbal tea
  • Wang Chong (王おう充たかし), Chinese philosopher during Han Dynasty
  • Wang Chongyang (王おう重陽ちょうよう/王おう重しげる阳), a Song Dynasty Taoist and founder of Quanzhen School
  • Wang Chuzhi (王おう處しょ直じき/王おう处直), a regional military governor for Dingzhou during the 5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms era
  • Wang Cong'er (王おう聰さとし兒じ/王おう聪儿), a female leader of the White Lotus Rebellion
  • Wang Dao (王おう導しるべ/王おう导), Jin Dynasty pre-eminent statesman, premier and advisor
  • Wang Dun (王おう敦あつし), Jin Dynasty (266–420), a rebellious Jin general and later warlord
  • Empress Wang (王おう皇后こうごう), an empress of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty.
  • Wang Fangqing (王おう方かた慶けい/王おう方かた庆), real name Wang Lin, served during the Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty as a chancellor
  • Wang Fu (王おう符ふ), a philosopher from Gansu in the Eastern Han Dynasty
  • Wang Fu (王おう甫はじめ), a Shu Han general serving under Liu Bei
  • Wang Fu (王おう甫はじめ), an influential eunuch in Han Dynasty
  • Wang Fu (王おう符ふ), a painter from Ming Dynasty
  • Wang Fuzhi (王おう紱/王おう绂), Chinese philosopher and historian
  • Wang Gui (王おう珪) Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
  • Wang Guowei (王國おうこく維/王国おうこく维), late Qing Dynasty and early Republican Chinese scholar
  • Wang Huizu (汪ひろし輝てる祖そ/汪ひろし辉祖), Chinese jurist.
  • Wang Jian (王おう翦), a greatest general from Qin Dynasty
  • Wang Jian (王おう儉/王おう俭), Liu Song and Southern Qi official
  • Wang Jian (王おう建けん), founding emperor of Former Shu, posthumously known as Gaozu
  • Wang Jian (王おう鑒/王おう鉴), a painter from Ming Dynasty
  • Wang Jinghong (王おう景けい弘ひろし), Chinese Muslim admiral
  • Wang Jishan (王おう及善), served during the Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty as a chancellor
  • Wang Jun (王おう濬), Jin dynasty general
  • Wang Jun (王おう晙), a chancellor during Tang Dynasty
  • Wang Lang (王おう朗あきら), a Wei politician during the end of the Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms
  • Wang Mang (王おう莽), founder of the Xin Dynasty
  • Wang Meng (王おう猛たけし), known as Marquess Wu of Qinghe is a prime minister for Former Qin
  • Wang Nangxian (王おう囊仙), another female leader of the White Lotus Rebellion
  • Wang Rong (王おう戎えびす), known as the 3rd East General, he served during the Jin Dynasty
  • Wang Shenzhi (王おう審しん知ち/王おう审知), founder of the Min Kingdom in Fujian
  • Wang Shichong (王おう世よ充たかし), a general serving under the Sui Dynasty
  • Wang Su (王おう肅/王おう肃), son of Wang Lang, adviser to Sima Shi
  • Wang Wei (王おう維/王おう维), Tang Dynasty poet
  • Wang Xianzhi (王おう仙せん芝しば), Tang Dynasty agrarian rebel
  • Wang Xianzhi (王獻之おうけんし/王献之おうけんし), calligrapher
  • Wang Xiaojie (王おう孝たかし傑すぐる/王おう孝たかし杰), a general served during Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty
  • Wang Xizhi (王羲之おうぎし), calligrapher known as the Sage Calligrapher lived in Jin Dynasty
  • Wang Xuan (王おう璿), an official of Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty, briefly serving as chancellor
  • Wang Xuance (王おう玄げん策さく), a diplomat to India and guard that served during the Tang Dynasty
  • Wang Yanhan (王おう延のべ翰), son of Wang Shenzhi, second king of the Min Kingdom ruled from 925 to 926
  • Wang Yanjun (王おう延のべ鈞ひとし/王おう延のべ钧), son of Wang Yanhan, third king of the Min Kingdom ruled from 926 to 935
  • Wang Yangming (王おう陽明ようめい/王おう阳明), Ming Dynasty Neo-Confucian
  • Wang Yi (王おう異い/王おう异), official of Cao Wei
  • Wang Yuanji (王おう元もと姬ひめ), Wife of Sima Zhao and Empress Dowager of Jin Dynasty
  • Wang Zhaojun (王昭君おうしょうくん), one of the Four Beauties of ancient China
  • Wang Zhen (王おう禎ただし/王おう祯), an official and an inventor for Yuan Dynasty known for the first wooden movable type printing
  • Wang Zhen (王おう振ふ), powerful eunuch during the Ming Dynasty
  • Wang Zhen (Wang Yiting) (王おう震しん（王おう一いち亭ちん）), well-known painter of the "Shanghai school" in the Qing Dynasty
  • Wang Zhi (王おう直ただし), a pirate leader in Ming Dynasty
  • Wang Zhihuan (王おう之の渙きよし/王おう之の涣), a Chinese poet of Tang Dynasty
  • Wang Ziping (王おう子平しへい), Chinese Muslim martial artist
  • Wang Zongyan (王おう宗はじめ衍), son of Wang Jian, second ruler of the Qian Kingdom (Former Shu)
  • Wang Zhihui (志こころざし辉), retired Chinese long jumper

Mainland China

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  • Wang Bingbing (王おう冰冰), Chinese ski mountaineer
  • Charles Wang (王おう嘉よしみ廉れん), Chinese-American businessman
  • Charles Wang (physician) (王おう志こころざし偉えら/王おう志こころざし伟), Chinese physician and lawyer
  • Wang Changyuan (王おう昌あきら元もと), Chinese guzheng performer and composer
  • Wang Jiujiang (王おう久江ひさえ), Sichuanese painter
  • Wang Chunchen (王おう春はる辰たつ), Chinese art historian, curator, and critic
  • Wang Daiyu (王おう岱輿/王おう岱舆), Chinese Hanafi-Maturidi scholar
  • Wang Dan (王おう丹まこと), Chinese activist, leader of the Chinese democracy movement
  • Wang Daohan (汪ひろし道どう涵), Chinese politician
  • Wang Dongxing (汪ひろし東興とうこう/汪ひろし东兴), Chinese military commander and politician
  • Dylan Wang (王おう鶴づる棣/王おう鹤棣), Chinese actor
  • Wang Fang (王おう芳かおる), Chinese singer
  • Wang Fanxi (王おう凡西), Chinese Trotskyist revolutionary
  • Wang Feifei (王おう霏霏), Chinese singer and actress
  • Wang Guangmei (王光美おうこうび), Chinese politician
  • Wang Guangya (王おう光ひかり亞あ/王おう光ひかり亚), Chinese diplomat
  • Wang Guowei (王國おうこく維/王国おうこく维), Chinese historian and poet
  • Wang Han (汪ひろし涵), Chinese TV show host
  • Wang Hao (王おう皓あきら), Chinese chess grandmaster
  • Wang Hao (王おう皓あきら), Chinese table tennis player
  • Wang Hao (王おう浩ひろし), Chinese-American logician, philosopher and mathematician
  • Wang Hongwen (王おう洪ひろし文ぶん), Chinese labour activist and politician
  • Wang Huning (王おう沪宁), Chinese politician
  • Wang Jiexi (王おう洁曦), Chinese actor
  • Wang Jun (王おう軍ぐん/王おう军), Chinese businessman
  • Wang Jun (王おう君くん), Chinese politician
  • Wang Junkai (王おう俊しゅん凱/王おう俊しゅん凯), Chinese singer and actor
  • Wang Lin (王おう琳), Chinese badminton player
  • Wang Ling (王おう鈴りん/王おう铃), Chinese historian and sinologist
  • Wang Liqiang (王立おうりつ強きょう/王立おうりつ强きょう), Chinese defector and self-declared former spy
  • Wang Liqin (王勵勤おうれいきん/王励勤おうれいきん), Chinese table tennis player
  • Wang Ming (王おう明あきら), Chinese activist, senior leader of the early Chinese Communist Party
  • Wang Ming-chen (王おう明あきら貞さだ/王おう明あきら贞), Chinese physicist and science educator
  • Wang Nan (王おう楠くすのき), Chinese table tennis player
  • Wang Qiang (王おう蔷), Chinese tennis player
  • Wang Qishan (王おう岐山きざん), Chinese retired politician
  • Wang Qing (王おう青あお), Chinese actor and singer
  • Wang Rong (王おう榮さかえ/王おう荣), Chinese politician
  • Roy Wang (王おう源はじめ), Chinese singer and actor
  • Wang Shiwei (王おう實みのる味あじ/王おう实味), Chinese journalist and literary writer
  • Wang Shizhen (王おう士し珍めずらし), Chinese general and politician
  • Taddeo Wang Yuesheng (born 1966), Chinese Catholic bishop
  • Wang Tao (王おう韜/王おう韬), Chinese translator, reformer, political columnist, newspaper publisher and fiction writer
  • Wang Xiaobo (王おう小波さざなみ), Chinese novelist and essayist
  • Wang Xuan (王おう選せん/王おう选), Chinese computer scientist
  • Wang Yan (王おう妍), Chinese Olympic gymnast
  • Yang Wang (born 1989), Chinese high jumper
  • Wang Yanbo (王おう彦博), Chinese professional wrestler
  • Wang Yaowu (王おう耀武), Chinese high-ranking KMT general
  • Wang Yeping (王冶坪おうじへい), Chinese politician
  • Wang Yi (王おう毅あつし), Chinese diplomat and politician
  • Wang Yihan (王おう儀ただし涵/王おう仪涵), Chinese retired badminton player
  • Wang Yibo (王おう一博かずひろ), Chinese actor and singer
  • Wang Yiren (王おう怡人), Chinese singer and member of South Korean girlgroup Everglow
  • Yuja Wang (王おう羽わ佳けい), Chinese classical pianist
  • Wang Yunshan (aka Jizi, 姬子ひめこ), Chinese painter
  • Wang Yuwen (王おう玉たま雯), Chinese actress
  • Wang Zhaoguo (王おう兆ちょう國こく/王おう兆ちょう国こく), Chinese politician
  • Wang Zhen (王おう震しん), Chinese political figure and one of the Eight Elders of the Chinese Communist Party
  • Wang Zhen, Chinese acrobatic gymnast
  • Wang Zhengjun (王政おうせい君くん), Han Dynasty empress
  • Wang Zhengwei (王おう正ただし伟/王おう正ただし偉えら), Chinese retired politician and economist
  • Wang Zhijian (王おう志こころざし健けん), Chinese perpetrator of the Yishun triple murders
  • Wang Zhizhi (王おう治おさむ郅), Chinese former professional basketball player
  • Wang Zhongshu (王仲殊おうちゅうしゅ), Chinese archaeologist

Taiwan

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  • Andrew H. J. Wang (王おう惠めぐみ鈞ひとし), Taiwanese biochemist
  • Cyndi Wang (王おう心こころ凌りょう), Mandopop singer
  • Joanna Wang (王おう若わか琳), Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter
  • Leehom Wang (王おう力つとむ宏ひろし), Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter, actor and commercial model
  • Ong Iok-tek (Wang Yude) (王おう育いく德とく), scholar and early leader of the Taiwan independence movement
  • Wang Cheng-teng (王政おうせい騰あが/王政おうせい腾), Deputy Minister of the Council of Agriculture of the Republic of China
  • Wang Chien-fa (王おう乾いぬい發はつ/王おう乾いぬい发), Magistrate of Penghu County (2005–2014)
  • Chien-Ming Wang (王おう建けん民みん), former professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals
  • Wang Chien-shien (王おう建けん煊), Republic of China politician
  • Wang Chung-yi (王おう崇たかし儀ただし/王おう崇たかし仪), Minister of Coast Guard Administration of the Republic of China (2014–2016)
  • Darren Wang (王おう大陸たいりく/王おう大だい陆), Taiwanese actor famous in the Mainland
  • Wang Ginn-wang (王おう進すすむ旺/王おう进旺), Minister of the Coast Guard Administration of the Republic of China (2006–2014)
  • Jimmy Wang Yu (王おう羽わ), Mainland-born Taiwanese actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter who started his career in Hong Kong as a Shaw Brothers Studio actor.
  • Wang Ju-hsuan (王おう如玄), Minister of Council of Labor Affairs of the Republic of China (2008–2012)
  • Hsien Chung Wang (王おう宪锺/王おう宪钟), Chinese-American mathematician
  • Wang Kwo-tsai (王國おうこく材ざい/王国おうこく材ざい), Political Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communications
  • Wang Li-ling (王おう儷玲/王おう俪玲), Chairperson of Financial Supervisory Commission of the Republic of China (2016)
  • Wang Mei-hua (王おう美花みか), former Vice Minister of Economic Affairs of the Republic of China
  • Wang Yu-chi (王おう郁いく琦), former Minister of Mainland Affairs Council of the Republic of China (2012–2015)
  • Wang Yu-yun (王おう玉たま雲くも/王おう玉たま云うん), former Mayor of Kaohsiung City (1973–1981)

Hong Kong

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  • Jackson Wang (王おう嘉よしみ爾なんじ/王おう嘉よしみ尔), Hong Kong born Chinese member of South Korean boy group GOT7

Malaysia

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  • Wang Shujin (Ong Seok Kim) (王おう樹いつき金きん/王おう树金), Malaysian educationist, social worker and philanthropist
  • Wang Wenhua (Chin Peng)/(Ong Boon Hua)(王おう文ぶん華はな/王おう文ぶん华), Leader of the Malayan Communist Party

Singapore

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  • Ong Teng Cheong (王おう鼎かなえ昌あきら), Former President of the Republic of Singapore
  • Heng Swee Keat (王おう瑞みずほ杰), Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore
  • Ong Ye Kung (王おう乙おつ康やすし), Singaporean politician
  • Daniel Ong (王おう盟友めいゆう), Singaporean businessman, radio DJ and television host
  • David Ong (王おう金きん发), Former Singaporean member of parliament
  • Peter Ong (王おう文ぶん辉), Government official in Singapore; Head of Civil Service
  • Thomas Ong (王おう沺裁), Singaporean actor, television host and businessman
  • Xavier Ong (王おう胜宇), Singaporean actor
  • Wang Yuqing (王おう昱清), Singaporean actor
  • Ong Eng Guan (王おう永ひさし元もと), Singaporean politician
  • Ong Keng Sen (王おう景けい生せい), Singaporean director of the theatre group TheatreWorks
  • Ong Keng Yong (王おう景けい荣), Singaporean diplomat
  • Ong Kim Seng (王おう金きむ成しげる), Singaporean artist
  • Anthea Ong (王おう丽婷), former Singaporean Nominated Member of Parliament
  • Ong Pang Boon (王おう邦文ほうぶん), former Singaporean politician
  • Remy Ong (王おう雷かみなり明あきら), Singaporean bowler
  • Ong Soh Khim (王おう素琴そきん), former Singaporean Nominated Member of Parliament
  • Ong Teck Chin (王おう德いさお进), Singaporean educator
  • Melvyn Ong (王おう赐吉), Singapore army general and the current Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces
  • Glenn Ong (王おう书佳), Singaporean radio DJ
  • Olivia Ong (王おう俪婷), Singaporean singer and actress
  • Wang Sa (王おう沙すな), Singaporean comedian
  • Wang Weiliang (王おう伟良), Singaporean actor and singer
  • Ong Yeow Tian 王おう耀添, Singaporean convicted killer
  • Wang Xiuyun (王おう秀しげる云うん), Singaporean actress

Korea

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  • Wang Bit-na (왕빛나, 王おう嫔娜) actress and model
  • Wang Geon (왕건, 王おう建けん), founder of the royal family of the Goryeo dynasty
  • Wang Jeung-hun (왕정훈), born 1995, professional golfer
  • Jun Ji-hyun (born Wang Ji-hyun; 왕지현, 王おう智さとし賢けん) actress and model
  • Wang Ji-won (왕지원, 王おう智さとし媛ひめ) actress and ballet dancer
  • Wang Ki-Chun (왕기춘, 王おう機き春はる), judo world champion

In non-Asian countries

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Australia

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Canada

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Norway

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United States

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Fictional people

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Though Wāng is sometimes used as a separate surname, with 汪ひろし not romanized to Wang. See Wāng.

References

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Sources

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  • Yuan (袁), Yida (義ぎ達たち) (2002). Chinese Surnames, Group Heredity and Spread of Population (中国ちゅうごく姓氏せいし·群ぐん体からだ遗传和わ人口じんこう分布ぶんぷ). Huadong Training College Publishing Group (華はな東ひがし師範しはん大學だいがく出版しゅっぱん社しゃ). ISBN 7-5617-2769-0.
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