Wang

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæŋ/

Proper noun

Wang

1. A surname​ derived from a common Chinese surname.
2. A surname​ of Korean origin.
3. A surname​ of Danish origin. 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 (ko) (Wang) (王 (ko))
• Russian: Ван (ru) (Van)
• Vietnamese: Vương (王 (vi))

Anagrams

• Ngwa, gawn, gnaw, gwan

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German

Proper noun

Wang n (genitive Wangs)

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

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Mandarin 王 (wáng) and 汪 (wāng)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /waŋ/

Proper noun

Wang

1. A surname​.

Statistics

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

Related terms

• Ong
• Wong