Wang

See also: wang, wáng, wàng, Wáng, wāng, and wǎng

English

Etymology

• (Chinese surname): From Chinese 王. Doublet of Wong and Vuong
• (Danish surname): From Danish Vang
• As a Korean surname, from 왕 (wang).
• As a German and Dutch surname, from wang (“cheek”) and obsolete derivatives of Proto-Germanic *wangaz (“field, meadow”).
• As a Jewish surname, from the German sense, and also a nickname for someone from Hungary (compare Russian Венгрия (Vengrija)).
• As a North Germanic surname, spelling variant of Vang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæŋ/
• IPA^(key): /wɔŋ/
• Rhymes: -æŋ, -ɔŋ
• Homophone: wang

Proper noun

Wang (plural Wangs)

1. A surname from Chinese derived from a common Chinese surname.
2. A surname from Korean.
3. A surname from Danish. Variation of Vang.

Translations

Wang: the Chinese surname

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 王 (wong⁴)

  Mandarin: 王 (zh) (Wáng)

• Japanese: 王 (ja) (おう, Ō), ワン (ja) (Wan) (transliteration)
• Korean: 왕(王) (ko) (Wang)
• Manchu: ᠸᠠᠩ (wang)

• Mongolian:

  Classical Mongolian: ᠸᠠᠩ (wang)

• Russian: Ван (ru) (Van)
• Tibetan: ཝང (wang)
• Vietnamese: Vương (王 (vi))

Anagrams

• AgNW, Ngwa, g'wan, gawn, gnaw, gwan

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German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Wang n (proper noun, genitive Wangs or (optionally with an article) Wang)

1. A municipality of Lower Austria, Austria
2. A municipality of Bavaria, Germany

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Wang

1. a surname. Variation of Vang

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Mandarin 王 (Wáng) and 汪 (Wāng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaŋ/, [ˈwɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ

Proper noun

Wang

1. a surname from Mandarin

Related terms

• Ong
• Wong
• Heng

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Wang is the 851^st most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 10,891 individuals.