Wang.
A surname from Chinese.
Meaning & usage
A surname from Chinese.
A surname from Korean [in turn from Chinese].
Where this word comes from
From various romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 王 (Wáng) or 汪 (Wāng). Doublet of Wong, Heng, Ong, and Vuong. As a Korean surname, from 왕 (wang), from the above.
A surname from Danish, variant of Vang.
Where this word comes from
As a Danish surname, from Vang. 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.
A Meitei surname from Manipuri, variant of Wangjam, Wangkheimayum, Wangkheimayum, and Wangmayum.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Manipuri ꯋꯥꯡ (wāng).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.