Ang

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in English: Initialism of Air National Guard

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

/æŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Ang is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Singapore it is the 20th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 384(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 670
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 3.8K

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)

≈51,000 people, est.

Sources
352 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 384 (inferred from the name graph)

Singapore, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

unclear stem; maybe from ahd. ango 'stachel, angel' or related to the frequent ING; possibly 'Bund'

Sources 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

How Ang is read(measured from records)

Ang is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 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.

  • English58%

    Initialism of Air National Guard.

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

  • Malay19%

    a surname from Hokkien

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

  • Spanish7.7%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Ang in Spanish.

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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.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)

Ang 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 Ang is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈51,000 est.≈1 in 27K—Ang46
MY Malaysia#166≈49,000 est.≈1 in 670—Ang120
PH Philippines#284≈28,000 est.≈1 in 3.8K—Ang153
SG Singapore#20≈16,000 est.≈1 in 384—Ang190
US United States—3,4131 in 97K3.8KAng352
AU Australia—≈2,000 est.≈1 in 13K1Ang155
HK Hong Kong#732≈880 est.≈1 in 8.2K—Ang50

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; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). 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)

Ang is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname17 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Mexico, United States, Singapore

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Áng, Äng, An-G, Añg, Äňḡ

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore

    Also written Ang', Aņg

  • French surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Belgium, France, Philippines, Singapore

    Also written Añg, Äng, Ãňğ, Ăng, Àng

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Anǧ, Anğ, Äng, Áng

75 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)

Ang is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, unclear stem; maybe from ahd. ango 'stachel, angel' or related to the frequent ING; possibly 'Bund'

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

  • In cdo, a species of small: sea-fish, the salted fing-ti

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In Irish, alternative form of eang (“track, gusset”)

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

  • In Cebuano, direct marker for all nouns other than personal proper nouns

    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)

18001850190019502000Hong Xiuquan, b. 1814Hong Myong-hui, b. 1888Weng Wenhao, b. 1889James Hong, b. 1929Judy Ongg, b. 1950Sammo Hung, b. 1952Hong Ying, b. 1962Hun Manet, b. 1977Hong Yong-jo, b. 1982Michelle Ang, b. 1983
  • Hong Xiuquanb. 1814CNnot in their usual nameChinese revolutionary and leader of Taiping Rebellion (1814–1864)
  • Hong Myong-huib. 1888KPnot in their usual nameKorean novelist (1888-1968)
  • Weng Wenhaob. 1889CNnot in their usual nameChinese geologist and politician
  • James Hongb. 1929USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (born 1929)
  • Judy Onggb. 1950TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese-Japanese singer and actress (born 1950)
  • Sammo Hungb. 1952CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actor, choreographer, martial artist and filmmaker (born 1952)
  • Hong Yingb. 1962CNnot in their usual nameChinese writer
  • Hun Manetb. 1977KHnot in their usual namePrime Minister of Cambodia since 2023
  • Hong Yong-job. 1982KPnot in their usual nameNorth Korean footballer
  • Michelle Angb. 1983NZNew Zealand actress

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 43 sources across 27 countries.

Official registers attesting Ang
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020203.8K#8,407
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020103.4K#9,525
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020002.6K#11,317
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name 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 Ang come from?
unclear stem; maybe from ahd. ango 'stachel, angel' or related to the frequent ING; possibly 'Bund' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
How do you pronounce Ang?
A machine transcription gives /æŋ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Ang mean?
In English, Initialism of Air National Guard.
In which country does Ang have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 51 thousand people named Ang in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ang.
How common is the name Ang?
In the United States, the national register counted 3,413 people named Ang in 2010, about 1 in 97 thousand residents.
How common is Ang compared with other names?
In Singapore, Ang is the 20th most common surname of 78,292 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, “Ang” — the 20th most common surname in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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