Wang Surname
Approximately 107,002,577 people bear this surname
Wang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 105,459,482 | 1:13 | 1 |
| Taiwan | 943,829 | 1:25 | 6 |
| United States | 142,664 | 1:2,541 | 254 |
| Thailand | 84,369 | 1:837 | 4 |
| Singapore | 78,111 | 1:71 | 6 |
| Hong Kong | 60,776 | 1:121 | 33 |
| Canada | 34,700 | 1:1,062 | 64 |
| South Korea | 26,521 | 1:1,932 | 65 |
| Laos | 22,878 | 1:288 | 110 |
| Australia | 20,456 | 1:1,320 | 133 |
| Spain | 13,033 | 1:3,587 | 433 |
| Malaysia | 11,977 | 1:2,463 | 371 |
| South Sudan | 8,983 | 1:1,271 | 254 |
| Macau | 8,309 | 1:72 | 14 |
| Myanmar | 7,683 | 1:6,760 | 240 |
| England | 6,946 | 1:8,022 | 1,181 |
| France | 6,829 | 1:9,727 | 923 |
| Germany | 4,685 | 1:17,184 | 2,267 |
| Japan | 4,284 | 1:29,842 | 2,930 |
| Sudan | 3,920 | 1:9,569 | 1,352 |
| Angola | 3,549 | 1:7,605 | 975 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3,535 | 1:2,592 | 316 |
| Cameroon | 2,753 | 1:7,544 | 944 |
| Norway | 2,372 | 1:2,168 | 182 |
| Netherlands | 2,325 | 1:7,263 | 854 |
| Sweden | 2,114 | 1:4,658 | 444 |
| New Zealand | 2,046 | 1:2,213 | 296 |
| Brazil | 1,789 | 1:119,661 | 4,540 |
| Tonga | 1,716 | 1:63 | 6 |
| Ethiopia | 1,610 | 1:60,588 | 6,165 |
| Egypt | 1,525 | 1:60,286 | 5,690 |
| Indonesia | 1,245 | 1:106,224 | 10,881 |
| Italy | 1,179 | 1:51,872 | 9,328 |
| Bangladesh | 1,081 | 1:147,416 | 5,565 |
| Nigeria | 1,081 | 1:163,869 | 10,250 |
| Ecuador | 1,077 | 1:14,769 | 2,265 |
| Suriname | 1,023 | 1:540 | 19 |
| Denmark | 1,018 | 1:5,545 | 509 |
| South Africa | 977 | 1:55,453 | 7,046 |
| Ghana | 831 | 1:32,516 | 3,831 |
| Sri Lanka | 804 | 1:25,881 | 3,346 |
| Vietnam | 737 | 1:125,707 | 804 |
| Austria | 724 | 1:11,762 | 1,649 |
| Chad | 674 | 1:20,166 | 2,465 |
| Philippines | 673 | 1:150,428 | 25,132 |
| Switzerland | 661 | 1:12,425 | 2,058 |
| Mali | 645 | 1:26,309 | 898 |
| Dominican Republic | 639 | 1:16,327 | 1,146 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Ireland | 609 | 1:7,732 | 1,091 |
| Vanuatu | 590 | 1:446 | 85 |
| Belgium | 587 | 1:19,585 | 3,025 |
| Hungary | 509 | 1:19,285 | 2,178 |
| Russia | 476 | 1:302,780 | 30,971 |
| Scotland | 454 | 1:11,793 | 1,585 |
| Saudi Arabia | 437 | 1:70,608 | 10,708 |
| Finland | 403 | 1:13,639 | 2,035 |
| Qatar | 403 | 1:5,851 | 619 |
| Argentina | 311 | 1:137,439 | 11,638 |
| Chile | 311 | 1:56,645 | 2,462 |
| Portugal | 302 | 1:34,497 | 2,124 |
| Samoa | 284 | 1:682 | 204 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| DR Congo | 267 | 1:276,703 | 25,802 |
| Greece | 267 | 1:41,497 | 6,691 |
| Gabon | 253 | 1:7,467 | 1,394 |
| Kuwait | 241 | 1:15,771 | 2,101 |
| Guam | 231 | 1:693 | 95 |
| India | 229 | 1:3,349,630 | 96,743 |
| Papua New Guinea | 228 | 1:35,762 | 4,262 |
| Luxembourg | 205 | 1:2,832 | 349 |
| Kenya | 189 | 1:244,338 | 16,806 |
| Oman | 170 | 1:21,694 | 1,938 |
| Bahrain | 147 | 1:9,174 | 1,687 |
| Wales | 146 | 1:21,195 | 2,251 |
| Costa Rica | 133 | 1:35,940 | 969 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Peru | 120 | 1:264,868 | 10,614 |
| Israel | 119 | 1:71,913 | 8,842 |
| Mexico | 114 | 1:1,088,826 | 13,775 |
| Panama | 111 | 1:35,246 | 1,948 |
| American Samoa | 94 | 1:593 | 41 |
| Jamaica | 93 | 1:30,860 | 2,264 |
| Brunei | 91 | 1:4,601 | 702 |
| Honduras | 82 | 1:107,518 | 1,746 |
| Estonia | 81 | 1:16,319 | 2,713 |
| Belize | 80 | 1:4,443 | 800 |
| Northern Ireland | 77 | 1:23,962 | 2,720 |
| Belarus | 76 | 1:125,014 | 18,114 |
| Poland | 70 | 1:542,982 | 51,331 |
| French Polynesia | 68 | 1:4,129 | 932 |
| Slovenia | 66 | 1:37,692 | 7,083 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| Paraguay | 53 | 1:136,542 | 2,910 |
| Kazakhstan | 50 | 1:353,650 | 28,520 |
| Faroe Islands | 37 | 1:1,324 | 164 |
| Rwanda | 36 | 1:315,694 | 1,449 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Malta | 30 | 1:14,342 | 837 |
| Cambodia | 26 | 1:595,659 | 4,477 |
| Mongolia | 26 | 1:108,665 | 7,123 |
| North Korea | 25 | 1:1,004,682 | 62 |
| Burkina Faso | 23 | 1:797,917 | 8,915 |
| Romania | 23 | 1:872,951 | 52,186 |
| Turkey | 23 | 1:3,383,540 | 91,291 |
| Czechia | 21 | 1:506,356 | 52,868 |
| Uruguay | 21 | 1:163,417 | 13,939 |
| Iran | 20 | 1:3,839,126 | 105,129 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 19 | 1:2,873 | 305 |
| Pakistan | 18 | 1:9,924,660 | 48,309 |
| Tanzania | 18 | 1:2,941,201 | 49,497 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| East Timor | 16 | 1:75,996 | 145 |
| Georgia | 16 | 1:234,097 | 12,742 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Venezuela | 15 | 1:2,013,605 | 24,362 |
| Guatemala | 14 | 1:1,148,762 | 5,372 |
| Ukraine | 14 | 1:3,251,621 | 182,804 |
| Slovakia | 13 | 1:410,496 | 52,415 |
| Tajikistan | 13 | 1:645,130 | 4,278 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| Zambia | 11 | 1:1,440,902 | 31,383 |
| Cape Verde | 10 | 1:52,964 | 1,947 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Nepal | 9 | 1:3,164,551 | 10,069 |
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Croatia | 8 | 1:528,576 | 38,675 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Bhutan | 7 | 1:88,006 | 800 |
| Bolivia | 7 | 1:1,516,633 | 6,309 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 1:1,163,151 | 37,744 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| El Salvador | 6 | 1:1,057,315 | 4,053 |
| Maldives | 6 | 1:67,362 | 2,983 |
| Mauritius | 6 | 1:215,570 | 8,537 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 1:1,194,531 | 65,188 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Micronesia | 4 | 1:26,561 | 731 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Bahamas | 3 | 1:130,584 | 1,472 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1:1,178,801 | 15,876 |
| Falkland Islands | 3 | 1:1,044 | 221 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Marshall Islands | 3 | 1:17,274 | 1,698 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1:2,007,030 | 6,490 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 1:37,553 | 1,173 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:15,797 | 839 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Guyana | 2 | 1:381,110 | 13,532 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 353 | 1:142,263 | 13,367 |
The alternate forms: Wáng (2) are calculated separately.
Wang (45,839) may also be a first name.
Wang Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Chinese) The prince; yellow.
User-submitted Reference
Wang is a Chinese surname, which has several possible origins:
1. From 王, meaning 'emperor'.
2. From 汪, meaning 'vast expanse of the waters'.
3. From 黃, which is typically romanized as Huang for Putonghua speakers, but for Cantonese speakers it can be romanized as Wang. It means 'yellow', being possibly related to the Huanghe (yellow river) region, China.
- mashlinnWang is the Anglicized form of two Chinese surnames, 王, meaning 'king', and 汪, meaning 'expanse of water'.
- hrmpghThis is a very common surname. It means 'the king'. This surname is the first regular surname in China.
- elliechansanThe Wang surname means 'king' (of a country or a territory) in Chinese, Korean and Japanese.
- juvenA very common Chinese surname that means 'king', 'emperor', 'monarch'.
- elliechansanA very common Chinese surname meaning: king.
- rbnwangWang Demographics
Wang Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Wang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wang (Hindi: वांग, Tibetan: དབང་) is held by more people in China than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Wáng. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wang? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1st most widely held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 68 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Wang are found; 100 percent are found in East Asia and 100 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. Wang is also the 19,883rd most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 45,839 people.
Wang is the most prevalent last name in one country:China, where 99 percent are found. This last name is most widely held in China, where it is borne by 105,459,482 people, or 1 in 13. Outside of China this last name occurs in 205 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Wang Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wang has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wang last name expanded 40,415 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 86,825 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wang Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Wang surname is primarily Buddhist (57%) in Russia, Catholic (50%) in Belarus and Christian (80%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Wang are 5.17% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.4% being registered with the political party.
The amount Wang earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 76.23% less than the national average, earning €7,139 per year; in Norway they earn 0.33% more than the national average, earning 347,229 kr per year; in Peru they earn 24.08% more than the national average, earning S/. 24,052 per year; in South Africa they earn 101.87% more than the national average, earning R 479,712 per year; in Vietnam they earn 38.86% more than the national average, earning 114,477,000 ₫ per year; in United States they earn 23.09% more than the national average, earning $53,110 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.54% more than the national average, earning $53,926 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wang in the Hindi language | ||
| वांग | vanga | - |
| Wang in the Tibetan language | ||
| དབང་ | wang | 83.69 |
| ཝང་ | wang | 10.64 |
| ཝང་། | wang | 2.13 |
| དབང་། | wang | 1.42 |
| དབང | wang | 0.71 |
| ལྦང་། | bang | 0.71 |
| ལྦང་ | bang | 0.71 |
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Wang Reference & Research
Wang DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Wang FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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