Wang (surname)

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[edit] Chinese surname

Wang(王 pinyin: Wáng) is one of the most common Chinese family names. In a 2002 study, Wang was ranked second most common in Mainland China. It literally means "king” (see Chinese noble#Wang), although bearing the name has no royal implications. Pinyin does not necessarily follow English spelling conventions, the “-ang” sound in pinyin is pronounced similar as it would be in German, the name is frequently mispronounced by American English speakers as IPA [wæŋ], rather than [waŋ], its correct pronunciation. The name is also frequently transliterated as Wong, especially for people from Hong Kong or from Guangdong. Note that "Wong" is actually the transliteration of two different surnames; Wang (王 pinyin: Wáng) and Huang (黄 pinyin: Huáng).

Wang is also the transliteration of 汪 (pinyin: Wāng), a less common surname among the Hundred Family Surnames.

It is also the Cantonese Romanization of some uncommon family names: 橫 (Pinyin: Héng), 弘 (Hóng), 閎 (Hóng), 宏 (Hóng).

[edit] Hmong surname

The Hmong version of Wang is Vang, or in RPA Vaj or Vaaj. It has the same etymology as the Chinese surname, and is fairly common among the Hmong. The Vang constitute one of the largest of the eighteen clans of the Hmong.

[edit] Korean surname

Wang (surname)
Hangul:
왕
Hanja:
王
Revised Romanization: Wang
McCune-Reischauer: Wang

Wang is a Korean family name 왕 but fairly rare in Korea. According to the South Korean census of 2000, in that year 23,447 people bearing the Wang surname were living in the country. [1]

Wang was one of the most powerful clans in the Chinese commanderies on the Korean Peninsula. According to the Houhanshu, its ancestor Wang Zhong originally lived in Qi (Shandong) in the 2nd century B.C.E., but fled to Lelang when the Prince of Qibei revolted against the Han Dynasty. The Wang clan flourished in the Lelang commandery, and seems to have contributed to the cultural development of subsequent kingdoms.

Although it was the Goryeo royal family name, Wang is very rare today. It is said that when Goryeo fell, people called Wang changed their surname to avoid severe persecution from the succeeding Joseon Dynasty. The Kaesong Wang lineage traces its ancestry to the Goryeo rulers.

[edit] Japanese surname

Ō (often romanized as "Oh" or "O") is a rare Japanese family name which is the equivalence of Wang. Ō is the way Japanese pronounce the character 王. Most Japanese with this family name are of Chinese descent.[citation needed] Sadaharu Oh is a famous baseball player and manager in Japan.

[edit] Vietnamese surname

The name Wang in Vietnamese is Vương.

[edit] Prominent people with the family name Wang 王

Note: people with the family name “Ō” are listed in the “Ō” article.

[edit] Prominent people with the family name 汪

[edit] Prominent people with the family name 왕

[edit] Fictional characters

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