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Wong (surname)
Wong is the Jyutping, Yale and Hong Kong romanization of the Chinese surnames Huang (traditional Chinese: 黃; simplified Chinese: 黄) and Wang (Chinese: 王), two ubiquitous Chinese surnames; Wang (Chinese: 汪), another common Chinese surname; and a host of other rare Chinese surnames, including Heng (traditional Chinese: 橫; simplified Chinese: 横), Hong (Chinese: 弘), Hong (traditional Chinese: 閎; simplified Chinese: 闳), and Hong (Chinese: 宏)
| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Word/name | China |
| Region of origin | China, Bianjing, Hainan and Hong Kong, Macau |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Wung, Vong, Huang, Wang, Heng |
Note that, while 汪 (Wang/Wung) could be distinguished by its tone, 黃 (Wong/Huang) and 王 (Wong/Wang) are homophones in Cantonese. To differentiate the two in conversation, 黃 (Wong/Huang) is customarily referred to by native Cantonese speakers as 黃河嘅黃 (Yellow River Wong), 黃金嘅黃 (yellow gold Wong), 大肚黃 (big belly Wong, as the character resembles a person with a big belly), or by native Mandarin speakers as "grass-head Wong" (due to its first radical), whereas 王 (Wong/Wang) is referred as the 三劃王 "three-stroke Wong" (due to its prominent 3 horizontal strokes) or the 'King' Wong (due to its meaning).
Distribution
In Taiwan, names are written using Chinese characters and are currently romanized using the Hanyu Pinyin but previously Wade-Giles was used and many people retain names as such. In Hong Kong and Macau and among the Chinese diaspora abroad, though, many choose to romanize their name according to their regional pronunciation.
Thus, while there is no official tally of "Wongs" inside China or Taiwan, Wong is the 6th most common Chinese name in Singapore, the 3rd most common Chinese name in America, and the most common Chinese name in Ontario, Canada.
Although recent immigration from central and northern China has caused the pinyin romanizations "Wang" and "Huang" to become more common, "Wong" is still by far the most common version in all three locations, just as "Lee" remains more common than "Li".
Origins
The history of the romanization "Wong" begins in Bianjing (汴京) during the Song dynasty (a noticeable empress Empress Wang (Taizu). Some historical information showed that the name can be traced back to 206 BC–220 AD Han dynasty.
The romanisation "Wong" is also linked with mainland Chinese "Wang (surname)" which has a historical name from Zi in Shang dynasty .
The name is widely used in Hong Kong and some of the Commonwealth countries. Many migrants moved to parts of south-east Asia, Europe, Canada, Australia and the United States.
Wong is also a rare English surname derived from Old English "Geong" meaning young. However, Young is the more common surname from this origin.[1]
List of people with the surname
黃/黄
- Alice Wong (Alice Siu-Ping Wong, born 1948), Canadian politician
- Andrew Wong (politician) (born 1943), the last president of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong during British rule
- Anna May Wong (1905–1961), Chinese-American film actress
- Anna Wong (artist) (1930–2013), Canadian artist
- Anthony Wong (Hong Kong actor) (born 1961), Hong Kong actor
- Barry Wong (1946–1991), Hong Kong screenwriter, film producer and actor
- BD Wong (born 1960), actor in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Ben Wong (born 1965), Hong Kong actor
- Betty Ann Wong (born 1938), American author and composer
- Bob Wong (born 1941), Canadian cabinet minister
- Bosco Wong (born 1980), Hong Kong actor and singer
- Brandon Wong (actor), Malaysian actor
- Carrie Wong (born 1994), Singaporean actress
- David T. Wong (born c. 1935), Hong Kong-born American neuroscientist
- Dayo Wong (born 1960), Hong Kong actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter
- Delbert E. Wong (1920–2006), Chinese American judge
- Edward Wong, New York Times reporter
- Eleanor Wong (musician), Hong Kong pianist
- Elizabeth Wong (politician) (born 1972), Malaysian politician
- Elizabeth Wong (author), Hong Kong-born writer and politician
- Emme Wong (born 1981), Hong Kong actress and singer
- Felix Wong (born 1961), Hong Kong actor
- Ferlyn Wong (born 1992), Singaporean singer and former member of South Korean girl group, Skarf
- Freddie Wong (born 1985), American electronic sports player and film maker
- Hsiung-Zee Wong (born 1947), Chinese American composer
- Jade Snow Wong (1922–2006), American ceramic artist and writer
- Jadin Wong, American singer and actress
- Jadyn Wong, Canadian actress
- James Wong (producer) (born 1959), American television producer, writer and film director
- Jan Wong (born 1953), Canadian journalist of Chinese ancestry
- Joe Wong (comedian), Chinese American comedian
- Joshua Wong, Hong Kong student activist and politician
- Joyce Wong (director), Canadian filmmaker
- Kenneth Wong, American political scientist
- Kirk Wong (born 1949), Hong Kong film director and actor
- Kolten Wong, American baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals
- Magdalen Wong (born 1981), Hong Kong-born American artist
- Mandy Wong (born 1982), Hong Kong actress
- Michael Wong (actor) (born 1965), Chinese-American actor, director, and singer
- Mimi Wong (1939–1973), female convicted murderer executed in Singapore.
- Natalie Wong (born 1976), Hong Kong actress
- Pansy Wong (born 1955), New Zealand politician
- Patrick Wong, Canadian politician
- Paul Wong (musician) (born 1964), Hong Kong singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Peter Wong (Australian politician) (born 1942), Australian politician
- Peter Wong (Canadian politician), former mayor of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- Peter Wong (sports commentator), Hong Kong sports commentator
- Philip Wong (1938–2021), Hong Kong politician
- Race Wong (born 1982), Hong Kong actress and singer
- Raymond Wong Ho-yin (born 1975), Hong Kong actor
- Raymond Wong (civil servant) (born 1958), Hong Kong Permanent Secretary for Education
- Raymond Wong (film presenter) (born 1948), Hong Kong actor, film director, producer and scriptwriter
- Raymond Wong (composer), Hong Kong film score composer
- Raymond K. Wong (born 1966), Chinese-American novelist, author of The Pacific Between
- Roberto Wong (born 1979), Costa Rican footballer
- Rosanne Wong (born 1979), Hong Kong actress and singer
- Russel Wong (born 1961), Asian photographer
- Samuel Wong (born 1962), Hong Kong-born Canadian conductor and ophthalmologist
- Sherine Wong (born 1979), Miss Malaysia Universe 1998
- Susan Wong, Hong Kong singer
- Timothy C. Wong (born 1941), Chinese-American sinologist and translator
- Tony Wong (Canadian politician) (1948–2009), parliamentarian from Ontario, Canada
- Tyrus Wong (1910–2016), Chinese-American painter, and muralist
- Victor Wong (actor born 1927) (1927–2001), American actor
- Victor Wong (singer) (born 1972), Malaysian singer
- Willie "Woo Woo" Wong, Chinese-American basketball player
- Wong Ah Kiu (1918–2006), Malaysian woman involved in a freedom of religion case
- Wong Ah Sat (c. 1837–1916) Chinese Australian of historical interest
- Wong Chen (born 1968), Malaysian politician
- Wong Chi Chung (born 1982), Hong Kong professional footballer
- Wong Chi Tang (born 1979), Hong Kong football referee
- Wong Chin Hung (born 1982), Hong Kong professional footballer
- Wong Choong Hann (born 1977), professional Malaysian badminton player
- Wong Chun-chun, Hong Kong actress, and film director
- Wong Chun Ting (born 1991), Hong Kong table tennis player
- Wong Chun Yue (born 1978), Hong Kong professional footballer
- Wong Doc-Fai (born 1948), Chinese martial arts expert
- Wong Fei-hung (1847–1924), martial artist, practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine, revolutionary and Chinese folk-hero
- Wong Ho Leng (1959–2014), Malaysian politician
- Wong Jack Man (born c. 1940), Chinese martial artist and martial arts teacher
- Wong Jeh Shyan (born 1964), CEO of CommerceNet Singapore
- Wong Jim (1940–2004), Cantopop lyricist and writer
- Wong JingLun (born 1983), Singaporean singer and actor
- Wong Ka Keung (born 1964), Hong Kong musician, composer and songwriter
- Wong Ka Kui (1962–1993), Hong Kong composer, songwriter, musician and singer, founder of the Hong Kong rock band Beyond
- Wong Kam-po (born 1973), Hong Kong racing cyclist
- Wong Kan Seng (born 1946), Singaporean politician
- Wong Kei-ying (1815–1886), Chinese martial artist and physician
- Wong Kew-Lit (born 1971), Malaysian film director and producer
- Wong Kwok-kin (born 1952), Hong Kong politician
- Wong Kwok-pun (born 1946), Hong Kong poet and translator
- Wong Li-Lin (born 1972), Singaporean actress
- Wong Mew Choo (born 1983), Malaysian badminton player
- Wong Peng Soon (1918–1996), Singaporean badminton player
- Wong Shik Ling (1908–1959), Hong Kong Cantonese linguist
- Wong Shun Leung (1935–1997), Hong Kong martial arts expert
- Wong Sing Chi (born 1957), Hong Kong politician
- Wong Ting-kwong (born 1949), Hong Kong politician
- Wong Yan Lung (born 1963), Hong Kong barrister and judge
- Wong Yiu Fu (born 1981), Hong Kong footballer
- Wong Yuk-long (born 1950), Hong Kong Manhua artist
- Wong Yuk-man (born 1951), Hong Kong politician and author
- Lucas Wong (born 1999), Hong Kong singer, rapper, dancer, and model, member of South Korean boy group NCT, it's Chinese sub-unit WayV and rotational sub-unit NCT U
- Wong Yung-kan (born 1951), Hong Kong politician
王
- Alfonso Wong (王家禧 born 1923), Hong Kong manhua artist
- Amy Wong (producer), Hong Kong film producer
- Angel Wong Chui Ling, a Hong Kong-born expat in Malaysia-based TV and radio personality, host and columnist.
- Bryan Wong (born 1971), Singaporean TV actor and television host
- Dave Wong (Wong Kit, born 1962), Mandopop and Cantopop pop star
- David Shou-Yeh Wong, Hong Kong billionaire, finance tycoon and philanthropist
- Emily Wong (born 1990), Hong Kong actress and singer
- Faye Wong (born 1969), Hong Kong singer, songwriter, actress and model
- Francis Wong, American jazz saxophonist, and flutist
- Grace Wong, Hong Kong actress
- Gregory Wong (born 1978), Hong Kong actor
- H. S. Wong (1900–1981), Chinese newsreel photojournalist
- Hazel Wong, a UAE-Hong Kong architect
- Ivana Wong (Wong Oi Chi, born 1979), Hong Kong singer
- Jacky Wong (Jacky Wong Shu Hei, born 1998), Hong Kong child actor
- Joey Wong (born 1967), Taiwanese actress
- Joseph Wong (Joseph Wong Wing Ping, born 1948), Hong Kong government official
- Kolten Wong (Kolten Kaha Wong, born 1990), American Major League Baseball player, currently second baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Kristina Wong (Kristina Sheryl Wong), American artist, writer and actor
- Manfred Wong (Manfred Wong Man-Chun, born 1957), Hong Kong film producer, screenwriter, director and actor
- Michael Wong (actor) (born 1965), a Chinese-American actor based in Hong Kong
- Michael Wong (singer) (born 1970), Malaysian singer
- Peter Wong (Peter Wong Tung-shun, born 1951), Hong Kong General Manager of HSBC Group
- Ricky Wong (Hong Kong businessman) (Ricky Wong Wai Kay, born 1962), Hong Kong entrepreneur
- Rosanna Wong (Rosanna Wong Yick-ming, born 1952), Hong Kong social work administrator and politician
- Alexandra Wong (born 1956), Hong Kong social activist
- Roy Bin Wong, Chinese-American economics historian
- Russell Wong (born 1963), American actor and photographer
- Teresa Wong, Hong Kong Chinese Erhu player
- Vincent Wong (born 1983), Hong Kong actor and singer
- Winston Wong (born 1951), Taiwanese businessman and chair of the Formosa Plastics Group (FPG)
- Wong Chin Foo, Chinese-American journalist
- Wong Choon Wah (1947–2014), Malaysian footballer
- Wong Cho-lam (born 1980), Hong Kong singer and actor
- Wong Chun Ho (born 1990), Hong Kong professional footballer
- Wang Feifei (Fei, born 1987), Chinese singer with South Korean girl group Miss A
- Wong Foon Meng, Malaysian engineer and politician
- Wong He (born 1967), Hong Kong actor
- Wong Jing, Hong Kong film director, producer, actor, presenter, and screenwriter
- Wong Kar-wai (born 1958), Hong Kong film director
- Wong Kwok-hing (born 1949), Hong Kong trade unionist
- Wong Tin-lam (born 1928), Hong Kong screenwriter, director, and actor
汪
- Wayne Wong (born 1981), tennis player from Hong Kong
- Wayne Wong (skier) (born 1950), Canadian freestyle skier, Canadian Ski Hall of Fame and U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame
- Wong Yue (1955-2008), Hong Kong martial arts actor and Shaw Brothers alumnus, also known as Wang Yu in Mandarin for being a lookalike for another ex-Shaw actor Jimmy Wang Yu
翁
Pinyin: wēng, wěng (weng1, weng3); Jyutping: jung1; Min Nan POJ: ang
- Chi-Huey Wong (born 1948), Taiwanese-born American biochemist
- Wong Chin-chu (born 1947), Taiwanese politician
Other
- Adam Wong (born 1985), Canadian artistic gymnast
- Alan Wong, co-founder of Hawaii Regional Cuisine
- Ali Wong (born 1982), American actress, stand-up comic and writer
- Aline Wong (born 1941), Singaporean politician and sociologist
- Alison Wong (born 1960), New Zealand poet
- Amy Wong, fictional Futurama character
- Andrea Wong, American Chief Executive Officer and President of Lifetime Networks
- Andy Asook Wong, New Zealand actor
- Ansel Wong (born 1945), Trinidadian cultural and political activist
- Anthony Wong (Anthony Brandon Wong, born 1965), Australian actor
- Baim Wong (born 1981), Indonesian actor
- Bang Wong, creative director of the Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard University
- Benedict Wong (born 1970), English actor and comedian
- Barbara Jean Wong (1924–1999), American actress
- Bennet Wong (Bennet Randall Wong, born 1930), Canadian psychiatrist, author and lecturer
- Brian Wong (born 1991), Canadian Internet entrepreneur
- Byron Wong, Canadian music producer and musician
- Casanova Wong (born 1945), Korean martial arts expert and actor[citation needed]
- Charlene Wong (born 1966), Canadian figure skater
- Christopher Wong, film score composer
- Chris Wong Won or Fresh Kid Ice, Trinidadian rapper and singer
- Claire Wong, Singaporean actress and writer
- Connie Wong (born 1977), Hong Kong cricketer
- Connor Wong (born 1996), American professional baseball player
- Cyril Wong (born 1977), Singaporean poet and writer
- David Wong, American author, pen name of Jason Pargin
- David Wong, American professor of philosophy
- Dick Yin Wong (1920–1978), American lawyer and judge
- Donald Wong (born 1952), American businessman and state legislator
- Eleanor Wong, Singaporean writer and playwright
- Ellen Wong Cambodian Canadian actress
- Erasmo Wong, Peruvian-Chinese businessman, founder of the Wong supermarket chain
- Ernest Wong, Australian politician
- Esther Wong (1917–2005), Chinese American music promoter
- Fang Wong (born 1948), United States Army officer
- Gwen Wong (Gwen Lipscomb), Filipino-American model and actress
- Harry Wong, American educator and author
- Howard Wong, American dancer
- Isaiah Wong (born 2001), American basketball player
- Issy Wong (born 2002), English cricketer
- Jadin Wong (1913–2010), American dancer, actress, comedian
- James Wong Chye Fook (born 1952), Malaysian footballer
- James Wong, British ethnobotanist and television presenter
- Jo Y. Wong, Canadian professor of mechanical engineering
- Joe Wong (born 1976), American football offensive lineman
- Joseph Yu Kai Wong, Canadian medical doctor, founder of The Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care
- Julia Wong, film editor
- Justin Wong, American professional fighting game player
- Kailee Wong (born 1976), American football linebacker
- Kevin Wong (Kevin Kahn Wong, born 1972), American professional beach volleyball player
- Lee Anne Wong, American chef
- Leonard Wong, U.S. Army research professor, and author on leadership strategy
- Linda Wong (1951–1987), American adult film actress
- Lyen Wong (Milagros Lyen Wong Aseguinolaza, born 1974), German-Cuban fitness athlete
- Martha Wong, American politician
- Martin Wong (1946–1999), American painter
- Mary W. S. Wong, American professor of law
- Mike Wong (born 1925), American ice hockey forward
- Nellie Wong (born 1934), American poet and feminist
- Nicole Wong, American deputy general counsel at Google
- Norman Wong, American writer
- Patty Wong, Peruvian-Chinese model and entertainer
- Paul Wong (born 1954), Canadian multimedia artist
- Penny Wong (born 1968), Australian senator
- Peter Wong (1932–1998), Canadian politician
- Pio Wong, Fijian politician
- Ricardo Wong, Peruvian politician
- Ricky Wong (born 1981), Malaysian entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Rita Wong (born 1968), Canadian poet
- Shawn Wong (born 1949), American professor of English
- Stanford Wong (born 1943), pen name of John Ferguson, gambling author
- Ted Wong (1937–2010), American martial arts practitioner
- Ted Wong, US Army General
- Terry Wong, Canadian pilot and astronaut
- Tien Wong (born 1968), Australian medical researcher
- Tobi Wong (1974–2010), Canadian artist and designer
- Victor Wong (1906–1972), American actor
- Y. C. Wong (1921–2000), Chinese-American architect
- Wong Chan Tong, Macau civil servant
- Wong Chin Huat, Malaysian political scientist
- Wong Fei-lung (born 1943), Hong Kong actor and action director
- Wong How Man (born 1949), Chinese explorer
- Wong Kam Kau (born 1978), Hong Kong fencer
- Wong Kiew Kit (born 1944), Chinese martial arts expert and writer
- Wong Meng Kong (born 1963), Singaporean chess grandmaster
- Wong Pei Tty (born 1981), Malaysian badminton player
- Wong Sai Hou, Malaysian politician
- Wong Sai Kong (born 1978), Malaysian footballer
- Wong Tsu (1893–1965), Chinese-American aircraft designer and aviator
Others
- Alex Wong (disambiguation)
- Amy Wong (disambiguation)
- Andrew Wong (disambiguation)
- Anthony Wong (disambiguation)
- Brandon Wong (disambiguation)
- Chris Wong (disambiguation)
- David Wong (disambiguation)
- Doctor Wong (disambiguation)
- Eleanor Wong (disambiguation)
- Elizabeth Wong (disambiguation)
- Faye Wong (disambiguation)
- Helena Wong (disambiguation)
- James Wong (disambiguation)
- Jing Wong (disambiguation)
- Joe Wong (disambiguation)
- Joshua Wong (disambiguation)
- Julia Wong (disambiguation)
- Wong Ka Wai (disambiguation)
- Linda Wong (disambiguation)
- Michael Wong (disambiguation)
- Paul Wong (disambiguation)
- Peter Wong (disambiguation)
- Raymond Wong (disambiguation)
- Ricky Wong (disambiguation)
- S. L. Wong (disambiguation)
- Stephen Wong (disambiguation)
- Suzie Wong (disambiguation)
- Tony Wong (disambiguation)
- Victor Wong (disambiguation)
- Vincent Wong (disambiguation)
- Cory Wong
See also
- Variant romanizations (accompanied by further information):
- Ah Wong, surname