Wong (surname)

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Wong
Origin
Word/nameChina
Region of originChina, Bianjing, Hainan and Hong Kong, Macau
Other names
Variant form(s)Wung, Vong, Huang, Wang, Heng

Wong is the Jyutping, Yale and Hong Kong romanization of the Chinese surnames Huang (traditional Chinese: 黃; simplified Chinese: 黄) and Wang (Chinese: 王), two ubiquitous Chinese surnames; Wang (Chinese: 汪), another common Chinese surname; and a host of other rare Chinese surnames, including Heng (traditional Chinese: 橫; simplified Chinese: 横), Hong (Chinese: 弘), Hong (traditional Chinese: 閎; simplified Chinese: 闳), and Hong (Chinese: 宏)

Note that, while 汪 (Wang/Wung) could be distinguished by its

radical), whereas 王 (Wong/Wang) is referred as the 三劃王 "three-stroke Wong" (due to its prominent 3 horizontal strokes) or the 'King
' Wong (due to its meaning).

Distribution

See also:
Chinese diaspora abroad, though, many choose to romanize their name according to their regional pronunciation
.

Thus, while there is no official tally of "Wongs" inside China or Taiwan, Wong is the

most common Chinese name in Ontario
, Canada.

Although recent immigration from central and northern China has caused the pinyin romanizations "Wang" and "Huang" to become more common, "Wong" is still by far the most common version in all three locations, just as "

Li
".

Origins

Main articles:
Vong (surname), Huang (surname), and Wang (surname)

The history of the romanization "Wong" begins in

Bianjing (汴京) during the Song dynasty (a noticeable empress Empress Wang (Taizu). Some historical information showed that the name can be traced back to 206 BC–220 AD Han dynasty
.

The romanisation "Wong" is also linked with mainland Chinese "Wang (surname)" which has a historical name from Zi in Shang dynasty .

The name is widely used in Hong Kong and some of the Commonwealth countries. Many migrants moved to parts of south-east Asia, Europe, Canada, Australia and the United States.

Wong is also a rare English surname derived from Old English "Geong" meaning young. However, Young is the more common surname from this origin.[1]

List of people with the surname

黃/黄

王

汪

Further information: Wāng

翁

Further information: Weng (surname)

Other

Others

See also

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