Nguyen

See also: nguyên, Nguyên, and Nguyễn

English

Etymology

From Vietnamese Nguyễn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɪn/, /nwɪn/

Proper noun

Nguyen

1. A Vietnamese surname​.

Translations

Vietnamese surname

• Bulgarian: Нгуен (Nguen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阮 (zh) (Ruǎn)

• Hebrew: נגויין‎‎

• Japanese: グエン (Guen)
• Korean: 응우옌 (eung-uyen)
• Russian: Нгуен (ru) (Ngujen)
• Vietnamese: Nguyễn (vi)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Nguyen is the 38^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 437,645 individuals. Nguyen is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (96.5%) individuals.