Vương or Vuong (
Chữ Nôm
Chữ Nôm (, ; ) is a logographic writing system formerly used to write the Vietnamese language. It uses Chinese characters ('' Chữ Hán'') to represent Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary and some native Vietnamese words, with other words represent ...
: ) is a
Vietnamese surname
Traditional Vietnamese personal names generally consist of three parts, used in Eastern name order.
* A family name (normally patrilineal, The father’s family name may be combined with the mother's family name to form a compound family name). ...
, 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
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. Op. cit. Public Broadcasting Service.
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Accessed 6 Apr 2012.
Notable people
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Vương Văn Đông, Army of the Republic of Vietnam colonel, staged the 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt
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Vương Hữu Nhơn (born 1932), Vietnamese economist, The First General of State Audit of Vietnam (1994-2000), deputy director of Ministry of Finance (1979-1986), Vice President of Vietnamese People's Committee (1991-1996)
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Vương Tiến Dũng
Vương Tiến Dũng (born 1949 in Bắc Giang, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese football coach. After retiring from his playing career, during which he played for Thể Công (also known as the Army club) and the Vietnamese national side, Vương turned ...
(born 1949), Vietnamese football coach
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Vương Đình Huệ
Vương Đình Huệ (born 15 March 1957) is a Vietnamese politician and Professor in Economics. He is currently the Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam, and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee. He was previously Minister of Finance ...
(born 1957), Vietnamese politician, Minister of Finance (2011 - 2013), Deputy Prime Minister (from 2016)
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Vương Trung Hiếu (born 1959), Vietnamese writer
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Vương Anh Tuấn (born 1959), Vietnamese economist, General Director of
Hotel Continental, Ho Chi Minh City
The Hôtel Continental is a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was named after the Hôtel Continental in Paris, and is located in District 1, the central business district of the city. The hotel is situated on Đồng Khởi Street by the ...
, deputy director of Saigontourist (
Tổng công ty Du lịch Sài Gòn)
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Vương Thị Huyền (born 1992), Vietnamese Olympic weightlifter
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Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong (born , ; October 14, 1988) is a Vietnamese American poet, essayist, and novelist. Vuong is a recipient of the 2014 Ruth Lilly/Sargent Rosenberg fellowship from the Poetry Foundation, a 2016 Whiting Award, and the 2017 T.S. Eliot Pr ...
(born 1988), American poet
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Quang Vuong, American economist, creator of
Vuong's closeness test
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Chelsea Vuong, American beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Golden Gate 2018
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Lily Vuong, Canadian religious researcher, author of ''Gender and Purity in the Protevangelium of James''
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Vương Hồng Sển, Vietnamese sociologist
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Vương Kiều Ân, Vietnamese poet
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Vương Quốc Mỹ, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Construction
* Vương Trí Nhàn, novelist
References
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Vietnamese-language surnames