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Wong
Origin
Word/nameChina
Region of originSouthern China
Other names
Related namesHuang, Wang, Heng, Hong

Wong is the Jyutping and Hong Kong romanization of two ubiquitous Chinese surnames, – Wang (Chinese: 王) and Huang (t 黃, s 黄) – another common Chinese surname, – Wang (汪) – and a host of less common Chinese surnames, including Heng (t 橫, s 横), Hong (弘), Hong (t 閎, s 闳), and Hong (宏).

Note that while 汪 can be distinguished by its tone, the pronunciation of 王 and 黃 is identical in Cantonese. Therefore, Huang-Wong is sometimes referred to as "Grasshead Wong" or "Big-Stomach Wong" in order to differentiate it from Wang-Wong, the "Three-Stroke Wong".[citation needed]

Distribution

See also: Wang (surname) and Huang (surname)

Within China and Taiwan, names are written using Chinese characters and are officially romanized using the Hanyu Pinyin. In Hong Kong and Macao and among the Chinese diaspora abroad, though, many choose to romanize their name according to their dialectical pronunciation.

Thus, while there is no official tally of "Wongs" inside China or on 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

Main articles: Wang (surname) and Huang (surname)

The romanization "Wong" dates back to the beginning of British trade with China in the 17th and 18th centuries.[citation needed] The name can be used to trace the migratory routes of the early migrant Chinese from Guangdong and Fujian to places such as Canada and the United States.[citation needed]

List of persons with the surname

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  • Alan Wong, co-founder of Hawaii Regional Cuisine
  • Alfonso Wong (born 1924), Hong Kong manhua artist
  • Alice Wong (Alice Siu-Ping Wong, born 1948), Canadian politician
  • Alison Wong (born 1960), New Zealand poet
  • Amy Wong, fictional Futurama character
  • Amy Wong, Hong Kong film producer
  • Andrea Wong, American Chief Executive Officer and President of Lifetime Networks
  • Andrew Wong (Andrew Wong Wang Fat, born 1943), the last president of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong during British rule
  • Andy Asook Wong, New Zealand actor
  • Angel Wong Chui Ling, a Hong Kong-born expat in Malaysia-based TV and radio personality, host and columnist.
  • Anna May Wong (1905–1961), Chinese-American film actor
  • Annie Wong (Annie Chung Wong, born 1984), Hong Kong actress
  • Anthony Wong (Anthony Brandon Wong, born 1965), Australian actor
  • Arthur Wong (Arthur Wong Ngok-Tai), Hong Kong cinematographer, actor, and director
  • Barbara Jean Wong (1924–1999), American actress
  • Barry Wong (Barry Wong Ping-Yiu, 1946–1991), Hong Kong screenwriter, film producer and actor
  • B.D. Wong (Bradley Darryl Wong, born 1960), actor in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • Benedict Wong (born 1970), English actor and comedian
  • Benedicto S. Wong (1945–1994), Filipino politician
  • Bennet Wong (Bennet Randall Wong, born 1930), Canadian psychiatrist, author and lecturer
  • Bob Wong (Robert Charles Wong, born 1941), Canadian cabinet minister
  • Bosco Wong (Bosco Wong Chung-Chak, born 1980), Hong Kong actor and singer
  • Brandon Wong, Malaysian actor
  • Byron Wong (Byron Kent Wong), Canadian music producer and musician
  • Casanova Wong (Yong-ho Kim, born 1945), Korean martial arts expert and actor
  • Charlene Wong (born 1966), Canadian figure skater
  • Chris Wong Won or Fresh Kid Ice, rap singer
  • Christopher Wong, film score composer
  • Claire Wong, Singaporean actress and writer
  • Claudine Wong, American news reporter
  • Cyril Wong (born 1977), Singaporean poet and writer
  • Dave Wong (Wong Kit, born 1962), Chinese pop star
  • David Wong, American author
  • David Wong, American professor of philosophy
  • David Shou-Yeh Wong, Hong Kong billionaire, finance tycoon and philanthropist
  • Dayo Wong (Dayo Wong Tze-Wah, born 1960), Hong Kong actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter
  • Debbie Wong, Hong Kong born actress and model
  • Delbert E. Wong (1920–2006), Chinese American judge
  • Denise Wong (21st century), Canadian actor
  • Dick Yin Wong (1920–1978), American lawyer and judge
  • Eddie Wong, American stuntman and voice actor
  • Edward Wong, New York Times reporter
  • Eleanor Wong, Singaporean writer and playwright
  • Eleanor Wong (Eleanor Wong Yee-lun), Hong Kong pianist
  • Elizabeth Wong (born 1972), Malaysian politician
  • Elizabeth Wong (Elizabeth Wong Chien Chi-lien), Hong Kong-born writer and politician
  • Ellen Wong Canadian actress
  • Emily Wong (born 1990), Hong Kong actress and singer
  • Emme Wong (Emme Wong Yee-Man, born 1981), Hong Kong actress and singer
  • Erasmo Wong, Peruvian-Chinese businessman, founder of the Wong supermarket chain
  • Esther Wong (1917–2005), Chinese American music promoter
  • Faye Wong (born 1969), Chinese singer, songwriter, actress and model
  • Felix Wong (Felix Wong Yat-Wah, born 1961), Hong Kong actor
  • Francis Wong, American jazz saxophonist, and flutist
  • Freddie Wong (born 1985), American electronic sports player and film maker
  • Gwen Wong (Gwen Lipscomb), Filipino-American model and actress
  • Harry Wong, American educator and author
  • Helen Wong ("Allenina", born 1973), Los Angeles-based actress, model and film director
  • Howard Wong, American dancer
  • Ivana Wong (Wong Oi Chi, born 1979), Hong Kong singer

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  • Jacky Wong (Jacky Wong Shu Hei, born 1998), Hong Kong child actor
  • Jade Snow Wong (1922–2006), American ceramic artist and writer
  • Jadin Wong (1913–2010), American dancer, actress, comedian
  • James Wong (James Wong Chye Fook, born 1952), Malaysian footballer
  • James Wong (born 1959), American television producer, writer and film director
  • James Wong, British ethnobotanist and television presenter
  • Jan Wong (born 1953), Canadian journalist of Chinese ancestry
  • Jeff Wong, American dancer
  • Jo Y. Wong, Canadian professor of mechanical engineering
  • Joe Wong (Joseph Hauoli L. Wong, born 1976), American football offensive lineman
  • Joe Wong, Chinese American comedian
  • Joey Wong (born 1967), Taiwanese actress
  • Joseph Wong (Joseph Wong Wing Ping, born 1948), Hong Kong government official
  • Joseph Yu Kai Wong, Canadian medical doctor, founder of The Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care
  • Julia Wong, film editor
  • Kai Wong, Hollywood actor and producer of Chinese-American ethnicity and Anglo-Chinese in Singapore extraction.
  • Kailee Wong (born 1976), American football linebacker
  • Kea Wong, Canadian actress
  • Kevin Wong (Kevin Kahn Wong, born 1972), American professional beach volleyball player
  • Kirk Wong (Kirk Wong Chi Keung, born 1949), Hong Kong film director and actor
  • Kristina Wong (Kristina Sheryl Wong), American artist, writer and actor
  • 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
  • Manfred Wong (Manfred Wong Man-Chun, born 1957), Hong Kong film producer, screenwriter, director and actor
  • Mark Wong (Mark Robert Mohelnitzky, born 1971), American radio host
  • Martha Wong, American politician
  • Martin Wong (1946–1999), American painter
  • Mary W. S. Wong, American professor of law
  • Matt Wong (Matthew Wong, born 1973), bassist of ska punk band Reel Big Fish
  • Meng Weng Wong, software entrepreneur
  • Michael Wong (Michael Fitzgerald Wong, born 1965), Chinese-American actor, director, and singer
  • Michael Wong (born 1997), Malaysian singer
  • Mike Wong (Michael Anthony Wong, born 1925), American ice hockey forward
  • Natalie Wong (Natalie Kei Ying Wong, born 1976), Hong Kong actress
  • Nellie Wong (born 1934), American poet and feminist
  • Nicole Wong, American deputy general counsel at Google
  • Norman Wong, American writer
  • Pansy Wong (Pansy Yu Fong Wong, born 1955), the Minister for Ethnic Affairs, Minister of Women's Affairs, Associate Minister for ACC
  • Patrick Wong, Canadian politician
  • Patty Wong, Peruvian-Chinese model and entertainer
  • Paul Wong (born 1954), Canadian multimedia artist
  • Paul Wong (Paul Wong Koon-Chung, born 1964), Hong Kong singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • Penny Wong (Penelope Ying-yen Wong, born 1968), Australian Senator, Minister for Finance and Deregulation
  • Peter Wong (1932–1998), Canadian politician
  • Peter Wong (born 1942), Australian politician
  • Peter Wong (Peter Wong Tung-shun, born 1951), Hong Kong General Manager of HSBC Group
  • Peter Wong (Peter Hing-kwei Wong), Hong Kong sports commentator
  • Philip Wong (Philip Wong Yu-hong, born 1938), Hong Kong politician
  • Pio Wong (Pio Iowane Wong), Fijian politician
  • Race Wong (Race Wong Yuen-Ling, born 1982), Hong Kong actress and singer
  • Raymond Wong (Raymond Wong Ho-Yin, born 1975), Hong Kong actor
  • Raymond Wong (Raymong Wong Hung-chiu, born 1958), Hong Kong Permanent Secretary for Education
  • Raymond Wong (Raymond Wong Pak-Ming, born 1948), Hong Kong actor, film director, producer and scriptwriter
  • Raymond Wong (Raymond Wong Ying-Wah), Hong Kong film score composer
  • Raymond Wong (Raymond Wong Yuk-man, born 1951), Hong Kong politician and author
  • Raymond K. Wong (Raymond Kin Wong, born 1966), Chinese-American novelist, author of The Pacific Between

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  • Ricardo Wong (Ricardo Wong Kuoman), Peruvian politician
  • Ricky Wong (Ricky Wong Shee Kai, born 1981), Malaysian entrepreneur and philanthropist
  • Ricky Wong (Ricky Wong Wai Kay, born 1962), Hong Kong entrepreneur
  • Rita Wong (born 1968), Canadian poet
  • Roberto Wong (born 1979), Costa Rican footballer
  • Rosanna Wong (Rosanna Wong Yick-ming, born 1952), Hong Kong social work administrator and politician
  • Rosanne Wong (Wong Yuen-Guan, born 1979), Hong Kong actress and singer
  • Rosie Ah Wong, New Zealand footballer
  • Roy Bin Wong, Chinese-American economics historian
  • Russel Wong (born 1961), Asian photographer
  • Russell Wong (born 1963), American actor and photographer
  • Samuel Wong (born 1962), Hong Kong-born Canadian conductor and ophthalmologist
  • Shawn Wong (born 1949), American professor of English
  • Sherine Wong (Sherine Wong Sook Ling, born 1979), Miss Malaysia Universe 1998
  • Stanford Wong (John Ferguson, born 1943), gambling author
  • Susan Wong, Hong Kong singer
  • Ted Wong, American martial arts practitioner
  • Teresa Wong, Hong Kong Chinese Erhu player
  • Terry Wong, Canadian pilot and astronaut
  • Tien Wong, Australian medical researcher
  • Timothy C. Wong (born 1941), Chinese-American sinologist and translator
  • Tobi Wong (born 1974), Canadian artist and designer
  • Tom Wong, Chinese martial arts expert
  • Tony Wong (Tony C. Wong, 1948–2009), parliamentarian from Ontario, Canada
  • Tyrus Wong (born 1910), Chinese-American painter, and muralist
  • Victor Wong (1927–2001), American actor
  • Victor Wong (1906–1972), American actor
  • Victor Wong (born 1972), Malaysian singer
  • Vincent Wong (born 1983), Hong Kong actor and singer
  • Wayne Wong (born 1981), tennis player from Hong Kong
  • Willie "Woo Woo" Wong, Chinese-American basketball player
  • Winston Wong (born 1951), Taiwanese businessman and chair of the Formosa Plastics Group (FPG)
  • Y. C. Wong (Yau-chun Wong, 1921–2000), Chinese-American architect

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See also

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