Wong

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Wong is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Hong Kong it is the 2nd most common surname. In English, recorded as A field or other piece of land.

rarermore common
  • HKHong Kong≈1 in 20(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 114
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 201

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,100,000 people, est.

#572 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

Sources
591 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 20 (inferred from the name graph)

Hong Kong, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

synonym of orang (“person”)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

How Wong is read(measured from records)

Wong is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English71%

    A field or other piece of land.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

    a different form of Wang or Huang.

    as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

  • Chinese7.0%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Wong in Chinese.

  • Malay6.8%

    synonym of orang (“person”)

    as a wordrecorded as Indonesiankaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Spanish5.3%

    a surname from Cantonese

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Wong counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Wong is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China#801≈2,100,000 est.≈1 in 676—Wong142
HK Hong Kong#2≈350,000 est.≈1 in 201KWong209
MY Malaysia#11≈290,000 est.≈1 in 1142.4KWong198
US United States#224111,3711 in 3K112KWong591
CA Canada#35≈43,000 est.≈1 in 873—Wong336
SG Singapore#5≈31,000 est.≈1 in 201—Wong233
PW Palau—≈34 est.≈1 in 641268—3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; data.gov.my — Name Popularity Dashboard (JPN, by decade and ethnicity); This page contains a database of Hong Konger surnames and first names categorized by frequency and gender, published by; This page discusses Palauan surnames, highlighting their cultural significance and frequency, published by the National. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Wong is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Chinese surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hong Kong, Malaysia, United States, Taiwan

    Also written Wòng

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Peru, Mexico, Colombia

    Also written Wöng, Wōng, Wóng

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written W-Ong, Won-G

  • Indonesian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Singapore

    Also written Wong'

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Hong Kong, Malaysia, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written WÖñg

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Hong Kong

    Also written Wöng, Wòng

  • Korean surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, United States, Hong Kong, China

    Also written 웡, Wòng

86 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Wong is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In cdo, to injure, to abuse, to op- press; wrong, oppression, ill-usage ； xi gnidi^e, resent- m e n t ; to inn>iicatcs t<> charge unju.stly : '〜 h an g \ ^ivong or J^:ang /ivoi g, to 1 bear a grudge, t.o clierisli resent- j nient. ； ('0'、【""（"">"."7 or {wong \ hvon(i (coll. ,y:vng 'kong), to ac- I case' falsely; ''\ivong JcHeng, in- ！ jury, wrong, sudden evil, mishap

    as a wordAn Alphabetic Dictionary of the Chinese Language in the Foochow Dialect

  • In Filipino, a Chinese Filipino surname from Cantonese

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Wang Jingwei, b. 1883Huang Xianfan, b. 1899Anna May Wong, b. 1905Vera Wang, b. 1949Jensen Huang, b. 1963Benedict Wong, b. 1971Wang Leehom, b. 1976Ali Wong, b. 1982Jimmy Wong, b. 1986Tank Man, b. 2000
  • Wang Jingweib. 1883CNnot in their usual nameChinese politician, leader of Wang Jingwei regime (1883-1944)
  • Huang Xianfanb. 1899CNnot in their usual nameChinese historian, ethnologist and educator (1899-1982)
  • Anna May Wongb. 1905USChinese American actress (1905-1961)
  • Vera Wangb. 1949USnot in their usual nameAmerican fashion designer (born 1939)
  • Jensen Huangb. 1963USnot in their usual nameAmerican entrepreneur and businessman; founder and CEO of Nvidia
  • Benedict Wongb. 1971GBBritish actor
  • Wang Leehomb. 1976USnot in their usual nameTaiwanese singer, songwriter, actor
  • Ali Wongb. 1982USAmerican comedian and actress (born 1982)
  • Jimmy Wongb. 1986USAmerican actor and singer
  • Tank Manb. 2000CNnot in their usual nameanonymous man who stood in front of a column of Chinese tanks during the Tiananmen Square protests

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 56 sources across 32 countries.

Official registers attesting Wong
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020112K#271
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010111K#274
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200099K#277
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Wong come from?
synonym of orang (“person”) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Wong have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.1 million people named Wong in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled wong.
What does the name Wong mean?
In English, A field or other piece of land.
How common is the name Wong?
In the United States, the national register counted 111,371 people named Wong in 2010, about 1 in 3.0 thousand residents.
How common is Wong compared with other names?
In China, Wong is the 801st most common surname of 142,871 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wong” — the 801st most common surname in China. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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