Wang
English
Etymology
- (Chinese surname): From Mandarin 王 (Wáng) or 汪 (Wāng). 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)
Translations
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Wang n (proper noun, genitive Wangs or (optionally with an article) Wang)
- A municipality of Lower Austria, Austria
- A municipality of Bavaria, Germany
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwaŋ/, [ˈwaŋ]
- Rhymes: -aŋ
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Wang is the 851st most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 10,891 individuals.
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