Wén () is a Chinese surname. It is related to the name Wenren (Wenjen). 闻 (Wén), meaning "fame" or "to listen", shares its origin with 文 (Wén) and usually romanised in a similar way. It may be romanised as ''Man'' in Cantonese, ''Wen'', ''Boon'', ''Vun'', or ''Voon'' in Taiwan, ''Văn'' in Vietnamese. 286th most common name, shared by 210,700 people or 0.016% of the population, the province with the most being Anhui. Yuan Yida (袁义达), Qiu Jiaru, 邱家儒. 中国四百大姓. Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013

Notable people

* Wen Yiduo, politician and nationalist poet assassinated by the KMT * Wen Yumei (闻玉梅; born 1934) a Chinese virologist and microbiologist and the current director of the Institute of Pathogenic Microorganisms, Fudan University. * Wen Zhong (Investiture of the Gods)

References

{{surname Individual Chinese surnames