pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...
romanization
Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and ...
of the common
Chinese surname
Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the ...
Song Dynasty
The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...
list of the ''
Hundred Family Surnames
The ''Hundred Family Surnames'' (), commonly known as ''Bai Jia Xing'', also translated as ''Hundreds of Chinese Surnames'', is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames. An unknown author compiled the book during the Song dyn ...
.''
Wāng
Wāng (汪) is a Chinese surname. It was 104th of the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem, contained in the verse Yáo, Shào, Zhàn, Wāng (姚邵湛汪). In 2013, the Fuxi Cultural Association found the name to be the 60th most common in Chin ...
() was 104th of the ''
Hundred Family Surnames
The ''Hundred Family Surnames'' (), commonly known as ''Bai Jia Xing'', also translated as ''Hundreds of Chinese Surnames'', is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames. An unknown author compiled the book during the Song dyn ...
''; it is currently the 58th-most-common surname in mainland China.
Wang is also a surname in several European countries.
Romanizations
is also romanized as
Wong
Wong may refer to:
Name
* Wong (surname), a Chinese surname
Places
* Wong Chuk Hang, an area to the east of Aberdeen on Hong Kong Island
* Wong Chuk Hang Estate, a public housing estate in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong
* Wong Chuk Hang Road, a ...
in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
,
Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...
,
Cantonese
Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding are ...
,
Hakka
The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhej ...
and
Hainanese
Hainanese (Hainan Romanised: ', Hainanese Pinyin: ',), also known as Qióngwén, Heng2 vun2 () or Qióngyǔ, Heng2 yi2 (), is a group of Min Chinese varieties spoken in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan and Overseas Chinese su ...
; Waan or Waon in
Shanghainese
The Shanghainese language, also known as the Shanghai dialect, or Hu language, is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken in the Districts of Shanghai, central districts of the Shanghai, City of Shanghai and its surrounding areas. It is classified as ...
;
Ong Ong or ONG may refer to:
Arts and media
* Ong's Hat, a collaborative work of fiction
* “Ong Ong”, a song by Blur from the album The Magic Whip
Places
* Ong, Nebraska, US, city
* Ong's Hat, New Jersey, US, ghost town
* Ong River, Odisha, ...
or
Bong
A bong (also known as a water pipe) is a filtration device generally used for smoking cannabis, tobacco, or other herbal substances. In the bong shown in the photo, the gas flows from the lower port on the left to the upper port on the right.
...
in
Hokkien
The Hokkien () variety of Chinese is a Southern Min language native to and originating from the Minnan region, where it is widely spoken in the south-eastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China. It is one of the national languages in ...
Gan
The word Gan or the initials GAN may refer to:
Places
*Gan, a component of Hebrew placenames literally meaning "garden"
China
* Gan River (Jiangxi)
* Gan River (Inner Mongolia),
* Gan County, in Jiangxi province
* Gansu, abbreviated ''Gā ...
; Waung in
American English
American English, sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of variety (linguistics), varieties of the English language native to the United States. English is the Languages of the United States, most widely spoken lan ...
; Wang () in
Korean
Korean may refer to:
People and culture
* Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula
* Korean cuisine
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl
**Korean dialects and the Jeju language
** ...
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
Vaj
Vaj may refer to:
* Vaj, Isfahan
* Vaj (street artist)
* vaj, ISO 639-3 and ISO 639-2 code for Sekele language
See also
* VAG (disambiguation)
{{disambiguation ...
Hmong
Hmong may refer to:
* Hmong people, an ethnic group living mainly in Southwest China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand
* Hmong cuisine
* Hmong customs and culture
** Hmong music
** Hmong textile art
* Hmong language, a continuum of closely related ton ...
;
Vương
Vương or Vuong (Chữ Nôm: ) is a Vietnamese surname, meaning King.
In the United States, Vuong was the 7,635th most common surname during the 1990 census and the 4,556th most common during the year 2000 census.US Census Bureau. Op. cit. Publ ...
or
Vong
Vong may refer to:
People
* Vong Kan, Cambodian politician
* Vong Phaophanit (born 1961), British artist
* Vong Pisen, Cambodian general
* Vong Sarendy (1929–1975), Fleet Admiral in the Khmer Republic
* Vong Savang (1931–1978), Crown Prince to ...
in
Vietnamese
Vietnamese may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia
** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam.
* Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam
** Overse ...
.
Population and distribution
Wáng is one of the most common surnames in the world and was listed by the
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
's
National Citizen ID Information System
The Resident Identity Card () is an official identity document for personal identification in the People's Republic of China. According to the second chapter, tenth clause of the ''Resident Identity Card Law'', residents are required to apply f ...
as the most common surname in
mainland China
"Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...
in April 2007, with 92.88 million bearers and comprising 7.25% of the general population.Xinhua Net
A 2018 survey found that there were over 100 million Wang in China, ranking first.
Wáng was also the most common surname in Mainland China in 2019.
A 2013 study found the province with the most people sharing the name was
Henan
Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...
. Overall the name is more prevalent in
Northern China
Northern China () and Southern China () are two approximate regions within China. The exact boundary between these two regions is not precisely defined and only serve to depict where there appears to be regional differences between the climate ...
. In 2019 it was the most common surname in nearly every northern province or province-level division:
Xinjiang
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
,
Gansu
Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province.
The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...
,
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...
,
Shaanxi
Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichu ...
,
Shanxi
Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...
,
Henan
Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...
,
Hebei
Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...
,
Anhui
Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...
,
Jiangsu
Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...
,
Shandong
Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region.
Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...
,
Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
,
Tianjin
Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popul ...
,
Liaoning
Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...
,
Jilin
Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...
, and
Heilongjiang
Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...
, as well as the southern province of
Hainan
Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slightly l ...
.
It was the 6th most common surname in
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
in 2005, comprising 4.12% of the general population.
Taiwanese Ministry of the Interior
The Ministry of the Interior (MOI; ) is a cabinet level policy-making body, governed under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It is the fundamental executive yuan agency responsible for home affairs and Public security, securit ...
, Department of Population. Feb 2005. Op. cit.
aiwan (China) Surname Ranking Aiwan may refer to:
*Eyvan, a city in Iran
*Shalimar Gardens (Lahore)
The Shalimar Gardens ( ur, , translit=Shālāmār Bāgh) are a Mughal garden complex located in Lahore, Pakistan. The gardens date from the period when the Mughal Empire was a ...
Chinese Singaporeans
Chinese Singaporeans () are Singaporeans of Chinese descent. Chinese Singaporeans constitute 75.9% of the Singaporean citizen population according to the official census, making them the largest ethnic group among them.
As early as the 10th ...
and Wang the 6th, although Wong also includes the surname 黃 (
Huang Huang or Hwang may refer to:
Location
* Huang County, former county in Shandong, China, current Longkou City
* Yellow River, or Huang River, in China
* Huangshan, mountain range in Anhui, China
* Huang (state), state in ancient China.
* Hwang Riv ...
in Mandarin). 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. This is a double increase from 2000, when 63,800 Wangs ranked 10th most common amongst Asian Americans and 440th amongst all Americans, respectively.
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of the ...
. Genealogy Data: Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 2000 . 27 Sept 2011. Accessed 29 Mar 2012. 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 (
Hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The let ...
: ) is a fairly rare surname in
South Korea
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king
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*In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...
". William Baxter and Laurent Sagart reconstructed the
Old Chinese
Old Chinese, also called Archaic Chinese in older works, is the oldest attested stage of Chinese language, Chinese, and the ancestor of all modern varieties of Chinese. The earliest examples of Chinese are divinatory inscriptions on oracle bones ...
form of Wáng as ' and the
Middle Chinese
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as ''hjwang''.Baxter, Wm. H. & Sagart, Laurent. '' '', p. 48. 2011. Accessed 11 October 2011.
The modern bearers of the name Wáng come from many different backgrounds, but there are four principal origins of the modern surname: Zi, Ji,
Gui
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, and the adoption of the name from ethnic groups outside the
Han Chinese
The Han Chinese () or Han people (), are an East Asian ethnic group native to China. They constitute the world's largest ethnic group, making up about 18% of the global population and consisting of various subgroups speaking distinctive va ...
.
House of Zi
The most ancient family name of Wáng was originated from the surname Zi (子). The Chinese legend mentions that near the end of
Shang Dynasty
The Shang dynasty (), also known as the Yin dynasty (), was a Chinese royal dynasty founded by Tang of Shang (Cheng Tang) that ruled in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and ...
,
King Zhou of Shang
King Zhou (; ) was the pejorative posthumous name given to Di Xin of Shang () or King Shou of Shang (), the last king of the Shang dynasty of ancient China. He is also called Zhou Xin (). In Chinese, his name Zhòu (wikt:紂, 紂) also refers to a ...
's uncle
Bi Gan
Prince Bi Gan (, Bǐgān) was a prominent Chinese figure during the Shang dynasty. He was a son of King Wen Ding, and an uncle of King Zhou, and served as the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Shang. He was later worshipped as the God of Wealth. ...
Wei Zi
Wei Zi (; born January 1956) is a Chinese film and television actor.
Early life
Born and raised in Ningxia, he was originally named Wang Wei ().
Education
He graduated from the Ningxia College of Art in 1978 and was assigned to the Ningxia Repe ...
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 Wáng as their surname as they are descendants of a prince and were known as "The Bi clan of the Wáng family". The Zi clan has existed for about 3100 years through
Qin Dynasty
The Qin dynasty ( ; zh, c=秦朝, p=Qín cháo, w=), or Ch'in dynasty in Wade–Giles romanization ( zh, c=, p=, w=Ch'in ch'ao), was the first Dynasties in Chinese history, dynasty of Imperial China. Named for its heartland in Qin (state), ...
to
Tang Dynasty
The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an Zhou dynasty (690–705), interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dyn ...
and exists today. The Zi clan of Wáng lived predominantly in modern-day
Henan
Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...
during these times and developed into the famous Wáng family of Ji prefecture.
House of Ji
More Wáng were originated from the royal family of
Zhou Dynasty
The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history. The military control of China by th ...
. The original surname of the royal family of Zhou Dynasty was Ji (姬). 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 Wáng as their surname. This family of Wáng traced its ancestry to Wang Ziqiao.
According to the classical records, after
King Wu of Zhou
King Wu of Zhou () was the first king of the Zhou dynasty of ancient China. The chronology of his reign is disputed but is generally thought to have begun around 1046 BC and ended three years later in 1043 BC.
King Wu's ancestral name was ...
defeated the
Shang Dynasty
The Shang dynasty (), also known as the Yin dynasty (), was a Chinese royal dynasty founded by Tang of Shang (Cheng Tang) that ruled in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and ...
, he established the
Western Zhou Dynasty
The Western Zhou ( zh, c=, p=Xīzhōu; c. 1045 BC – 771 BC) was a royal dynasty of China and the first half of the Zhou dynasty. It began when King Wu of Zhou overthrew the Shang dynasty at the Battle of Muye and ended when the Quanrong nomad ...
. During the reign of the 21st king,
King Ling of Zhou
King Ling of Zhou (), personal name Ji Xiexin, was the twenty-third king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the eleventh of Eastern Zhou. He died in 545 BC.
In the twenty-first year of his reign, Confucius was born.
His successor was his son Kin ...
(571 - 545 BCE), the capital was in
Chengzhou
Luoyang is a city located in the confluence area of Luo River and Yellow River in the west of Henan province. Governed as a prefecture-level city, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the southeast, Nanyang ...
, which is the present day
Luoyang
Luoyang is a city located in the confluence area of Luo River (Henan), Luo River and Yellow River in the west of Henan province. Governed as a prefecture-level city, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the ...
,
Henan
Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...
. 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
Zong may refer to:
* Zong (surname), including a list of people with the name
* Zong (payments provider), American micropayments provider
* Zong (mobile network), mobile data network provider in Pakistan
* ''Zong!'', a 2008 book-length poem by M. ...
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 "Wáng family".
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.
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 (可颐) families of the
Xianbei
The Xianbei (; ) were a Proto-Mongolic ancient nomadic people that once resided in the eastern Eurasian steppes in what is today Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Northeastern China. They originated from the Donghu people who splintered into the ...
during the
Northern Wei
Wei (), known in historiography as the Northern Wei (), Tuoba Wei (), Yuan Wei () and Later Wei (), was founded by the Tuoba (Tabgach) clan of the Xianbei. The first of the Northern and Southern dynasties#Northern dynasties, Northern dynasties ...
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.
During the Tang dynasty the Li clan of Zhaojun , the
Cui clan of Boling The Cui clan of Boling (博陵崔氏) was a notable Chinese clan of noble descent which was politically active from the Han dynasty to the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. They shared the same ancestry as the Cui clan of Qinghe. T ...
, the
Cui clan of Qinghe The Cui clan of Qinghe (清河崔氏) was an eminent Chinese family of high-ranking government officials and Confucian scholars. The clan's ancestral home was in Qinghe Commandery (清河郡), which covered parts of present-day Shandong and Hebei pr ...
, the
Lu clan of Fanyang The Lu clan of Fanyang (范陽盧氏) was a Chinese political clan active from the late Eastern Han dynasty to the early Song dynasty. They descended from a noble clan in Qi, a ducal state under the Zhou dynasty. Their family name, Lu 盧, was der ...
, the
Zheng clan of Xingyang The Zheng clan of Xingyang () was a prominent Chinese clan, chiefly based around Xingyang (modern day Kaifeng, Henan). Tracing their origins to the rulers of the State of Zheng, they became highly prominent in government during the Northern and Sout ...
, the
Wang clan of Taiyuan The Wang clan of Taiyuan () was a Chinese clan which achieved prominence between the Han and Tang dynasties, based in Taiyuan in modern-day Shanxi province.
The earliest prominent members of this clan can be traced back to two brothers, Wang Rou an ...
, and the Li clan of Longxi were the seven noble families between whom marriage was banned by law. Moriya Mitsuo wrote a history of the Later Han-Tang period of the Taiyuan Wang. Among the strongest families was the Taiyuan Wang. 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. He was the son of Wang Chulian who in turn was the son of Wang Zhou.
The marriages between the families were performed clandestinely after the prohibition was implemented on the seven families by Gaozong. The Zhou dynasty King Ling's son Prince Jin is assumed by most to be the ancestor of the Taiyuan Wang. 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. Both Buddhist monks and scholars hailed from the Wang family of Taiyuan such as the monk Tanqian. The Wang family of Taiyuan included Wang Huan. Their status as "Seven Great surnames" became known during Gaozong's rule. The Taiyuan Wang family produced Wang Jun who served under
Emperor Huai of Jin
Emperor Huai of Jin (; 284 – March 14, 313), personal name Sima Chi (司馬熾), courtesy name Fengdu (豐度), was an emperor of the Jin Dynasty (266–420).
Emperor Huai was captured in 311 and later executed in 313 under the order of Liu ...
. A Fuzhou-based section of the Taiyuan Wang produced the Buddhist monk
Baizhang
Baizhang Huaihai (; pinyin: ''Bǎizhàng Huáihái''; Wade-Giles: ''Pai-chang Huai-hai''; ja, Hyakujō Ekai) (720–814) was a Zen
Zen ( zh, t=禪, p=Chán; ja, text= 禅, translit=zen; ko, text=선, translit=Seon; vi, text=Thiền) ...
.
The surname in other countries
East Asia
Korea
The surname Wang has a
Goguryeo
Goguryeo (37 BC–668 AD) ( ) also called Goryeo (), was a Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula and the southern and central parts of Northeast China. At its peak of power, Goguryeo controlled most ...
origin and was the royal surname of
Goryeo
Goryeo (; ) was a Korean kingdom founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until 1392. Goryeo achieved what has been called a "true national unificati ...
dynasty which was founded by
Wang Geon
Taejo of Goryeo (31 January 877 – 4 July 943), also known as Taejo Wang Geon (; ), was the founder of the Goryeo dynasty, which ruled Korea from the 10th to the 14th century. Taejo ruled from 918 to 943, achieving unification of the Later Thre ...
. It is said that when
Goryeo
Goryeo (; ) was a Korean kingdom founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until 1392. Goryeo achieved what has been called a "true national unificati ...
fell, many changed their surname to Jeon (全) / Jeon (田) / Ok (玉) to avoid severe persecution from the succeeding
Joseon Dynasty
Joseon (; ; Middle Korean: 됴ᇢ〯션〮 Dyǒw syéon or 됴ᇢ〯션〯 Dyǒw syěon), officially the Great Joseon (; ), was the last dynastic kingdom of Korea, lasting just over 500 years. It was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and re ...
. The
Kaesong
Kaesong (, ) is a special city in the southern part of North Korea (formerly in North Hwanghae Province), and the capital of Korea during the Taebong kingdom and subsequent Goryeo dynasty. The city is near the Kaesong Industrial Region close t ...
Wang
lineage
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Science
* Lineage (anthropology), a group that can demonstrate its common descent from an apical ancestor or a direct line of descent from an ancestor
* Lineage (evolution), a temporal sequence of individuals, populati ...
traces its ancestry to the
Goryeo
Goryeo (; ) was a Korean kingdom founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until 1392. Goryeo achieved what has been called a "true national unificati ...
rulers.
Japan
Ō ( ja, 王) is a rare
Japanese name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...
, mostly held by those of Chinese descent, such as the baseball player
Sadaharu Oh
Sadaharu Oh (Japanese: , ''Ō Sadaharu''; born May 20, 1940), also known as Wang Chen-chih (), is a Japanese-born former baseball player and manager Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Ō Sadaharu"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 758. who ...
(王貞治), also known as Wang Chen-chih.
Southeast Asia
Indonesia
In Indonesia, the surname is often romanized as "Heng", "Bong" or "Ong" for people of Hokkien descent, and more commonly as
Ong Ong or ONG may refer to:
Arts and media
* Ong's Hat, a collaborative work of fiction
* “Ong Ong”, a song by Blur from the album The Magic Whip
Places
* Ong, Nebraska, US, city
* Ong's Hat, New Jersey, US, ghost town
* Ong River, Odisha, ...
by Chinese
Peranakan
The Peranakans () are an ethnic group defined by their genealogical descent from the first waves of Southern Chinese settlers to maritime Southeast Asia, known as Nanyang (), namely the British Colonial ruled ports in the Malay Peninsula, th ...
. 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
In Vietnam, the name is rendered
Vương
Vương or Vuong (Chữ Nôm: ) is a Vietnamese surname, meaning King.
In the United States, Vuong was the 7,635th most common surname during the 1990 census and the 4,556th most common during the year 2000 census.US Census Bureau. Op. cit. Publ ...
(王) meaning King.
Europe
Scandinavia
Wang is also an unrelated surname in
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
and
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. 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
Wang is also a surname in the
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
and
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
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
Historical figures
*
Wang Anshi
Wang Anshi ; ; December 8, 1021 – May 21, 1086), courtesy name Jiefu (), was a Chinese economist, philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty. He served as chancellor and attempted major and controversial socioeconomic reforms k ...
(), Song Dynasty politician
*
Wang Bao
Wang Bao ( 84 53 BCE), courtesy name Ziyuan (子淵), was a Chinese poet during the Western Han Dynasty. He was well versed in the Classical Chinese poetry tradition. He was involved in the ''Chu Ci'' poetry revival which took place in the second ...
(), Han Dynasty poet and author
*
Wang Bi
Wang Bi (226–249), courtesy name Fusi, was a Chinese philosopher and politician, expertise in Yijing and Xuanxue
Life
Wang Bi served as a minor bureaucrat in the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. He was married with a dau ...
(), Three Kingdoms Taoist philosopher
* Wang Bo (), a Tang dynasty Chinese poet
* Wong Chat Bong (), founder of
Wong Lo Kat
Wong Lo Kat (), or Wanglaoji in Mandarin pinyin, is a Chinese herbal tea, and one of the most popular tea drinks in China today. It is sold in many forms and different types of cans or cardboard containers.
Ingredients
Wong Lo Kat contains a num ...
() a Chinese herbal tea
*
Wang Chong
Wang Chong (; 27 – c. 97 AD), courtesy name Zhongren (仲任), was a Chinese astronomer, meteorologist, naturalist, philosopher, and writer active during the Han Dynasty. He developed a rational, secular, naturalistic and mechanistic account ...
(), Chinese philosopher during Han Dynasty
*
Wang Chongyang
Wang Chongyang (11 January 1113 – 22 January 1170; Chinese calendar: 22nd day, 12th month, 2nd year, Zhenghe era in the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song - 4th day, 1st month, 10th year, Dading era in the reign of Emperor Shizong of Jin) wa ...
(), a Song Dynasty Taoist and founder of Quanzhen School
*
Wang Chuzhi Wang Chuzhi (王處直, Wade–Giles: Wang Chʻu-chih) (862–922), courtesy name Yunming (允明, Wade–Giles: Yün-ming), formally the Prince of Beiping (北平王, Wade–Giles: Prince of Pei-pʻing), was a warlord late in the Chinese dynasty Ta ...
(), a regional military governor for Dingzhou during the 5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms era
*
Wang Cong'er
Wang Cong'er (, c. 1777–1797) was a female China, Chinese leader of anti-Manchu White Lotus Rebellion along with Wang Nangxian during the reign of the Qing dynasty.
Life
Reportedly born in 1777, Wang Cong'er was a native of Xiangyang City.
Wh ...
(), a female leader of the White Lotus Rebellion
*
Wang Dao
Wang Dao (; 276 – 7 September 339), courtesy name Maohong (茂弘), formally Duke Wenxian of Shixing (始興文獻公), was a Chinese politician during the Jin dynasty who played an important role in the administrations of Emperor Yuan, Empe ...
(), Jin Dynasty pre-eminent statesman, premier and advisor
*
Wang Dun
Wang Dun () (266 – after 8 August 324According to Sima Shao's biography in ''Book of Jin'', Wang Dun died shortly after the ''renshen'' day of the 7th month of the 2nd year of the ''Taining'' era of Shao's reign; the date corresponds to 8 Aug 3 ...
(), Jin Dynasty (266–420), a rebellious Jin general and later warlord
* Empress Wang (), an empress of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty.
*
Wang Fangqing
Wang Fangqing (王方慶) (died 702), formal name Wang Lin (王綝) but went by the courtesy name of Fangqing,''New Book of Tang'', vol. 72, part 2. formally Duke Zhen of Shiquan (石泉貞公), was a Chinese politician during the Tang Dynasty and ...
(), real name Wang Lin, served during the Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty as a chancellor
* Wang Fu (), a philosopher from Gansu in the Eastern Han Dynasty
* Wang Fu (), a Shu Han general serving under Liu Bei
* Wang Fu (), an influential eunuch in Han Dynasty
* Wang Fu (), a painter from Ming Dynasty
*
Wang Fuzhi
Wang Fuzhi (; 1619–1692), courtesy name Ernong (), pseudonym Chuanshan (), was a Chinese essayist, historian, and philosopher of the late Ming dynasty, Ming, early Qing dynasty, Qing dynasties.
Life
Born to a scholarly family in Hengyang in Hu ...
(), Chinese philosopher and historian
* Wang Gui () Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
*
Wang Guowei
Wang Guowei (; 2 December 18772 June 1927) or Wang Kuo-wei, courtesy name Jing'an () or Boyu (), was a Chinese historian and poet. A versatile and original scholar, he made important contributions to the studies of ancient history, epigraphy, ph ...
(), late Qing Dynasty and early Republican Chinese scholar
*
Wang Huizu
Wang Huizu or Wang Hui-tsu (1731–1807) was a Chinese scholar-official, jurist, historian and moralist in Qing dynasty China. He was a commentator on social and local governance issues, and he was also an administrator who preached benevolence i ...
(), Chinese jurist.
* Wang Jian (), a greatest general from Qin Dynasty
* Wang Jian (), Liu Song and Southern Qi official
* Wang Jian (), founding emperor of Former Shu, posthumously known as Gaozu
* Wang Jian (), a painter from Ming Dynasty
* Wang Jinghong (), Chinese Muslim admiral
*
Wang Jishan
Wang Jishan (王及善) (618 – August 28, 699), formally Duke Zhen of Xing (邢貞公), was a Chinese military general and politician of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty, serving as a chancellor during Wu Zetian's ...
(), served during the Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty as a chancellor
* Wang Jun (), Jin dynasty general
* Wang Jun (), a chancellor during Tang Dynasty
*
Wang Lang Wang Lang may refer to:
*Wang Lang (Xin dynasty) (died 24), warlord during the Xin-Eastern Han transition
*Wang Lang (Cao Wei) (died 228), minor warlord during the late Han period who became an official of Cao Wei
*Wang Lang Market, in Bangkok Noi, ...
(), a Wei politician during the end of the Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms
*
Wang Mang
Wang Mang () (c. 45 – 6 October 23 CE), courtesy name Jujun (), was the founder and the only Emperor of China, emperor of the short-lived Chinese Xin dynasty. He was originally an official and consort kin of the Han dynasty and later ...
(), founder of the Xin Dynasty
* Wang Meng (), known as Marquess Wu of Qinghe is a prime minister for Former Qin
*
Wang Nangxian
Wang Nangxian (, 1778–1798), Chinese:王囊仙; was a female Chinese leader of the anti- Manchu White Lotus Rebellion along with Wang Cong'er during the reign of the Qing dynasty. Another female member of the rebellion along with Wang Cong'er, ...
(), another female leader of the White Lotus Rebellion
* Wang Rong (), known as the 3rd East General, he served during the Jin Dynasty
*
Wang Shenzhi
Wang Shenzhi (; 862 – December 30, 925), courtesy name Xintong () or Xiangqing (), formally Prince Zhongyi of Min () and later further posthumously honored as Emperor Taizu of Min (), was the founder of Min Kingdom on the southeast coastal pro ...
(), founder of the Min Kingdom in Fujian
*
Wang Shichong
Wang Shichong (; 567– August 621), courtesy name Xingman (行滿), was a Chinese military general, monarch, and politician during the Sui dynasty who deposed Sui's last emperor Yang Tong and briefly ruled as the emperor of a succeeding state ...
(), a general serving under the Sui Dynasty
* Wang Su (), son of Wang Lang, adviser to Sima Shi
* Wang Hui (), digital consultant and board member of
Haribo
Haribo ( ) is a German confectionery company founded by Hans Riegel Sr.. It began in Kessenich, Bonn, Germany. The name "Haribo" is a syllabic abbreviation formed from Hans Riegel Bonn. The company created the first gummy candy in 1960 in the for ...
Wang Xiaojie
Wang Xiaojie (王孝傑) (died February 8, 697), formally the Duke of Geng (耿國公), was a Chinese military general and politician of the Chinese Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty, serving in campaigns against Tibet, Eastern Turks, an ...
(), a general served during Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty
*
Wang Xizhi
Wang Xizhi (; ; 303 AD361 AD) was a Chinese calligrapher, politician, general and writer during the Jin Dynasty (266–420), Jin dynasty. He was best known for his mastery of Chinese calligraphy. Wang is sometimes regarded as the greatest Chinese ...
(), calligrapher known as the Sage Calligrapher lived in Jin Dynasty
*
Wang Xuan
Wang Xuan (; February 5, 1937 – February 13, 2006), born in Wuxi, Jiangsu, was a Chinese computer scientist. He was a computer application specialist and innovator of the Chinese printing industry, as well as an academician at both the Chinese ...
(), an official of Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty, briefly serving as chancellor
* Wang Xuance (), a diplomat to India and guard that served during the Tang Dynasty
*
Wang Yanhan
Wang Yanhan ( zh, 王延翰) (died January 14, 927), courtesy name Ziyi (), was a ruler of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Min. He ruled briefly after the death of his father Wang Shenzhi (Prince Zhongyi) without a regal ...
(), son of Wang Shenzhi, second king of the Min Kingdom ruled from 925 to 926
*
Wang Yanjun
Wang Yanjun () (died November 17, 935), known as Wang Lin (王鏻 or 王璘) from 933 to 935, formally Emperor Huizong of Min (), used the name of Xuanxi () while briefly being a Taoist monk, was the third ruler of the Chinese Five Dynasties and ...
(), son of Wang Yanhan, third king of the Min Kingdom ruled from 926 to 935
*
Wang Yangming
Wang Shouren (, 26 October 1472 – 9 January 1529), courtesy name Bo'an (), art name Yangmingzi (), usually referred to as Wang Yangming (), was a Chinese calligrapher, general, philosopher, politician, and writer during the Ming dynasty ...
(), Ming Dynasty Neo-Confucian
* Wang Yi (), official of
Wang Yuanji
Wang Yuanji (217 – 20 April 268) was a Chinese noble lady, aristocrat and later empress dowager of Jin dynasty, who lived during the Three Kingdoms period. She was the wife of Sima Zhao, a regent of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingd ...
(), Wife of Sima Zhao and Empress Dowager of Jin Dynasty
*
Wang Zhaojun
Wang Qiang (Wang Ch'iang; 王牆, also 王檣 and 王嬙), commonly known by her courtesy name Wang Zhaojun () was known as one of the Four Beauties of ancient China. Born in Baoping Village, Zigui County (in current Hubei Province) in the Western ...
(), one of the Four Beauties of ancient China
* Wang Zhen (), an official and an inventor for Yuan Dynasty known for the first wooden movable type printing
* Wang Zhen (), powerful eunuch during the Ming Dynasty
*
Wang Zhen (Wang Yiting)
Wang Zhen (; 1867–1938),''Encyclopedia of Chinese Artists'' (Zhongguo meishu jia renming cidian) on p. 131 commonly known by his courtesy name Wang Yiting (), was a prominent businessman and celebrated modern Chinese artist of the Shan ...
(), well-known painter of the "Shanghai school" in the Qing Dynasty
* Wang Zhi (), a pirate leader in Ming Dynasty
*
Wang Zhihuan
Wang Zhihuan (; 688–742), alternatively transliterated as Wang Tsu-huan, was a Chinese poet of the Kaiyuan era of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. He is best known for his ''jueju'' "Climbing Stork Tower" ().
Poetry
No collection of Wang's poems seem ...
(), a Chinese poet of Tang Dynasty
*
Wang Zi-Ping
Wang Zi-Ping (1881–1973, Xiao'erjing: ) was a Chinese Muslim practitioner of Chinese Martial Arts and traditional medicine from Cangzhou, Cangxian county, Mengcun, Hebei Province. He served as the leader of the Shaolin Kung Fu division of th ...
(), Chinese Muslim martial artist
*
Wang Zongyan
Wang Yan (王衍) (899–926), né Wang Zongyan (王宗衍), courtesy name Huayuan (化源), also known as Houzhu (後主, "later Lord"), later posthumously created the Duke of Shunzheng (順正公) by Later Tang, was the second and final emperor o ...
(), son of Wang Jian, second ruler of the Qian Kingdom (Former Shu)
Charles Wang
Charles B. Wang (; August 19, 1944 – October 21, 2018) was a Chinese-American businessman and philanthropist, who was a co-founder and CEO of Computer Associates International, Inc. (later renamed CA Technologies). He was a minority owner (and ...
(), computer entrepreneur
*
Charles Wang (physician)
Charles Wang () is a Chinese physician and lawyer. He is a leading figure in the merging of traditional Chinese and Western medicine in medical therapy.
Wang studied Western medicine at the Shanghai Second Medical University, graduating in 1986. ...
(), physician and lawyer
*
Wang Changyuan
Wang Changyuan (; born 1945 or 1946 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China) is a Chinese guzheng performer and composer.Hutton, Mary Ellyn.Spotlight on Chinese Music, Dance" ''The Cincinnati Post''. January 23, 2003. Retrieved on March 2, 2009.
...
(), Chinese guzheng performer and composer
*
Wang Chiu-chiang
Wang Jiujiang ( zh, c=王久江, zhu=ㄨㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄤ, w=Wang2 Chiu3-chiang1, p=Wáng Jiǔjiāng; Sichuanese Pinyin, Sichuanese romanization: Uang Chiu-chiang; pronounced ) is a Sichuanese people, Sichuanese painter whose work is mos ...
(), Chinese painter
*
Wang Chunchen
Wang Chunchen (, born 1964 in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province) is a Chinese curator, critic, and art historian. He has been described as "one of China's most distinguished curators, art critics and historians".
Education
Wang was educated at the Ce ...
(), Chinese art historian, curator, and critic
*
Wang Daiyu
Wáng Dàiyú (, Xiao'erjing: ) (ca. 1570 - ca. 1660) was a Chinese Hanafi-Maturidi ( Hui) scholar of Arab descent. His given name was Ya, style name Daiyu. He called himself ''Zhenhui Laoren'' ("The True Old Man of Islam") and went by his sty ...
(), Chinese Muslim scholar
* Wang Dan (), student leader – Tiananmen Square dissident
*
Wang Daohan
Wang Daohan (), (27 March 1915 – 24 December 2005) was a Chinese politician who was president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) from 1991 to 2005.
Biography
Wang was born in Jiashan County (present day Minggua ...
(), former president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)
*
Wang Dongxing
Wang Dongxing (; 9 January 1916 – 21 August 2015) was a Chinese military commander and politician, famous for being the chief of Mao Zedong's personal bodyguard force, the 9th Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security (which included the ''8 ...
(), Mao Zedong's principal bodyguard during the Cultural Revolution
*
Dylan Wang
Wang Hedi (; born 20 December 1998), also known as Dylan Wang, is a Chinese actor. He is best known for his debut lead role as Daoming Si in the 2018 television series '' Meteor Garden'', which propelled him to fame internationally. His other no ...
(), Chinese actor, singer and model
*
Wang Fanxi
Wang Fanxi (; March 16, 1907 – December 30, 2002) was a leading Chinese Trotskyist revolutionary.
Born near Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, he joined the Communist Party of China, then an illegal organisation, in 1925. In 1927, he went to Mos ...
(), Trotskyist
*
Wang Feifei
Wang Feifei (Chinese: 王霏霏; born April 27, 1987), also known professionally as Fei, is a Chinese singer and actress. She was a member of the South Korean girl group miss A from the group's debut in 2010 until its disbandment in 2017. She ...
(), Chinese singer member part of South Korean girl group ''
Miss A
Miss A (stylized as "MISS A" or "miss A", Hangul: ) was a South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment. The group debuted in July 2010 with the single "Bad Girl Good Girl" as a quartet consisting of Fei, Jia, Min, and Suzy. Their de ...
''.
*
Wang Guangmei
Wang Guangmei (; 26 September 1921 – 13 October 2006) was a Chinese politician, philanthropist and the wife of Liu Shaoqi, who served as the President of the People's Republic of China from 1959 to 1968.
Life Early years
Wang Guangmei was b ...
(), wife of Liu Shaoqi, 2nd President of the People's Republic of China
* Wang Guangya (), UN ambassador
*
Wang Guowei
Wang Guowei (; 2 December 18772 June 1927) or Wang Kuo-wei, courtesy name Jing'an () or Boyu (), was a Chinese historian and poet. A versatile and original scholar, he made important contributions to the studies of ancient history, epigraphy, ph ...
(), Chinese historian and poet
* Wang Han (host), Wang Han (), TV show host
* Wang Hao (chess player), Wang Hao (), chess grandmaster
* Wang Hao (table tennis, born 1983), Wang Hao (), table tennis player
* Wang Hao (academic), Wang Hao (), Chinese-American logician, philosopher and mathematician
* Wang Hongwen (), Chinese politician which is the youngest member of the Gang of Four
* Wang Jiexi (), Chinese actor
* Wang Jingwei, Wang Jun (), a Chinese politician, notorious traitor
* Wang Jun (businessman), Wang Jun (), son of Wang Zhen, is a famous Chinese businessman chairman of CITIC and Poly Technologies, China
* Wang Jun (politician), Wang Jun (), a PRC politician
* Wang Junkai (), singer and actor, member of TFBoys
* Wang Lin (badminton), Wang Lin (), badminton player
* Wang Linkai (), Chinese rapper, former member of Chinese boy group Nine Percent
* Wang Ling (historian), Wang Ling (), historian of Chinese science
* Wang Liqiang (), defector
* Wang Liqin (), table tennis player
* Wang Ming (), a senior leader of the early Chinese Communist Party. Mastermind of 28 Bolsheviks group
* Wang Ming-Chen (), Chinese female physicist and science educator
* Wang Nan (table tennis), Wang Nan (), table tennis player
* Wang Qiang (tennis), Wang Qiang (), Chinese tennis player
* Wang Qishan (), Vice President of the People's Republic of China
* Wang Qing (actor), Wang Qing (), actor/singer/entrepreneur known for his role at bl drama counterattack web series
* Wang Rong (politician), Wang Rong (), regional politician in Guangdong and Jiangsu
* Roy Wang (), singer and actor, member of TFBoys
* Wang Shiwei (), a Chinese journalist and literary writer
* Wang Shizhen (Beiyang government), Wang Shizhen (), Yuan Shikai's Beiyang subordinate
* Wang Tao (19th century), Wang Tao (), reformer, political essayist, newspaper publisher, fiction writer
* Wang Xiaobo (), modern writer
* Wang Xuan (), an innovator of the Chinese printing industry
* Wang Yan (gymnast), Wang Yan (), Olympic gymnast
* Boa (wrestler), Wang Yanbo (), professional wrestler also known as Boa
* Wang Yaowu (), high-ranking KMT general who fought the Imperial Japanese army and Chinese Communists from 1924 to 1948
* Wang Yeping (), wife of Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
* Wang Yi (politician), Wang Yi (), State Councilor and Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
* Wang Yihan (), successful badminton player from Shanghai, China. 2011 World Champion.
* Wang Yibo (), Actor and member of Korean-Chinese group Uniq
* Yuja Wang (), classical pianist
* Wang Zhaoguo (), a Fujian Chinese politician who came to prominence during the era of Deng Xiaoping
* Wang Zhen (general), Wang Zhen (), a Chinese political figure and one of the Eight Immortals of the Chinese Communist Party
* Wang Zhen (gymnast), Wang Zhen (), Chinese gymnast
* Wang Zhengjun (), Han Dynasty empress
* Wang Zhengwei (), politician and former Chairman of Ningxia
* Wang Zhijian (), perpetrator of the 2008 Yishun murders who was sentenced to death for murder in 2012.
* Wang Zhizhi (), former NBA player
* Wang Zhongshu (), archaeologist
* Wang Ziyi (), a Chinese actor and rapper, former member of Chinese boy group Nine Percent
Taiwan
* Andrew H. J. Wang (), Taiwanese biochemist
* Cyndi Wang (), Mandopop singer
* Joanna Wang (), Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter
* Leehom Wang (), Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter, actor and commercial model
* Ong Iok-tek (Wang Yude) (), scholar and early leader of the Taiwan independence movement
* Wang Cheng-teng (), Deputy Minister of the Council of Agriculture of the Republic of China
* Wang Chien-fa (), Magistrate of Penghu County (2005–2014)
* Chien-Ming Wang (), former professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals
* Wang Chien-shien (), Republic of China politician
* Wang Chung-yi (), Minister of Coast Guard Administration of the Republic of China (2014–2016)
* Darren Wang (), Taiwanese actor famous in the Mainland
* Wang Ginn-wang (), Minister of the Coast Guard Administration of the Republic of China (2006–2014)
*Jimmy Wang Yu (王羽), 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 (), Minister of Council of Labor Affairs of the Republic of China (2008–2012)
* Hsien Chung Wang (), Chinese-American mathematician
* Wang Kwo-tsai (), Political Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communications
* Wang Li-ling (), Chairperson of Financial Supervisory Commission of the Republic of China (2016)
* Wang Mei-hua (), former Vice Minister of Economic Affairs of the Republic of China
* Wang Yu-chi (), former Minister of Mainland Affairs Council of the Republic of China (2012–2015)
* Wang Yu-yun (), former Mayor of Kaohsiung City (1973–1981)
Hong Kong
* Jackson Wang (), Hong Kong born Chinese member of South Korean boy group GOT7
Malaysia
* Wang Shujin (Ong Seok Kim) (), Malaysian educationist, social worker and philanthropist
* Wang Wenhua (Chin Peng)/(Ong Boon Hua)(), Leader of the Malayan Communist Party
Singapore
* Ong Teng Cheong (), Former President of the Republic of Singapore
*Heng Swee Keat (王瑞杰), Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore
* Ong Ye Kung (), Singaporean politician
* Daniel Ong (), Singaporean businessman, radio DJ and television host
* David Ong (), Former Singaporean member of parliament
* Peter Ong (), Government official in Singapore
* Thomas Ong (), Singaporean actor, television host and businessman
* Xavier Ong (), Singaporean actor
* Wang Yuqing (), Singaporean actor
* Ong Eng Guan (), Singaporean politician
* Ong Keng Sen (), Singaporean director of the theatre group TheatreWorks
* Ong Keng Yong (), Singaporean diplomat
* Ong Kim Seng (), Singaporean artist
* Anthea Ong (), former Singaporean Nominated Member of Parliament
* Ong Pang Boon (), former Singaporean politician
* Remy Ong (), Singaporean bowler
* Ong Soh Khim (), former Singaporean Nominated Member of Parliament
* Ong Teck Chin (), Singaporean educator
* Melvyn Ong (), Singapore army general and the current Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces
* Glenn Ong (), Singaporean radio DJ
* Olivia Ong (), Singaporean singer and actress
* Wang Sa (), Singaporean comedian
* Wang Weiliang (), Singaporean actor and singer
* Wang Xiuyun (), Singaporean actress
Korea
* Wang Geon (, ), founder of the royal family of the Goryeo Dynasty
* Wang Ki-Chun (, ), judo world champion
* Wang Bit-na (, ) actress and model
* Jun Ji-hyun (born Wang Ji-hyun; , ) actress and model
* Wang Ji-won (, ) actress and ballet dancer
In non-Asian countries
Australia
*Mindy Meng Wang, composer and player of the Guzheng#Modern music, Guzheng
Canada
* Jeremy Wang (born 1991), better known by his pseudonym Disguised Toast, streamer and Internet personality
* Richard Wang (chess player), Richard Wang, chess player
* Suning Wang, Chinese-born chemist
* Vincent Wang, competitive video game player
United States
* Angela Wang, figure skater
* Alexander Wang (designer), Alexander Wang (), fashion designer
* An Wang (), computer scientist who founded Wang Laboratories
* Chloe Bennet, Chloe Bennet Wong (), actress
* Daniel I.C. Wang (), Chinese American professor
* Ed Wang, American football player
* Garrett Wang (), Chinese American actor
* Ignatius C. Wang, Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco in 2002-2009
* Iris Wang, badminton player
* Izaac Wang, American actor
* Joanna Wang (), Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter
* Wang Ju-Rong (), Chinese Muslim martial artist
* Kris Wang, former mayor of Cupertino, California
* Leehom Wang (), Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter, actor and commercial model
* Linda Wang (), actress
* Lulu Wang (filmmaker), Lulu Wang (), filmmaker
* Qingde Wang (), professor
* Shuping Wang (), a Chinese-American medical researcher and public health whistleblower
* Taylor Wang (王赣骏/王贛駿), Chinese-American astronaut
* Vera Wang (), fashion designer
* Wayne Wang (), film director
Fictional people
* Lo Wang, ''Shadow Warrior'' character
* Nina Wáng, ''My-Otome'' character
* Wang Jinrei, ''Tekken'' character
* Wang Liu Mei, ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'' character
* Wang Lung, ''The Good Earth'' character
* Wang Shizhen, ''Hikaru no Go'' character
* Wang Chiang, ''Moorim School'' character
* Paul Wang, ''Space: Above and Beyond'' character
* Wang Ai Ling, ''Stitch & Ai'' character
* Socqueline Wang, ''Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir'' character
See also
* List of common Chinese surnames
* Wang Wang and Funi, two pandas in Adelaide Zoo, South Australia
* Whang, surname
*
Vương
Vương or Vuong (Chữ Nôm: ) is a Vietnamese surname, meaning King.
In the United States, Vuong was the 7,635th most common surname during the 1990 census and the 4,556th most common during the year 2000 census.US Census Bureau. Op. cit. Publ ...
, Wang in
Vietnamese
Vietnamese may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia
** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam.
* Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam
** Overse ...
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