# Wang (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wang/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Chinese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 109,883 |
| US rank (2010) | 282 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,810 people |
| Change since 2000 | +63% (67,570 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /wæŋ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From various romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 王 (Wáng) or 汪 (Wāng). Doublet of Wong, Heng, Ong, and Vuong. As a Korean surname, from 왕 (wang), from the above.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wang in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 2.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 95% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wang in the United States, the People's Republic of China, Eastern Han, Goryeo, Hong Kong and China.

## People named Wang

- Vera Wang, American fashion designer (born 1939)
- Wang Chong, 1st century Chinese meteorologist, astronomer, and philosopher
- Wang Qishan, 10th Vice President of the People's Republic of China from 2018 to 2023
- Alexander Wang, American fashion designer (born 1983)
- Wang Yang, 9th Chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Garrett Wang, American actor
- Wayne Wang, American film director
- An Wang, American businessman (1920–1990)
- Taylor G. Wang, American materials engineer and astronaut
- Lulu Wang, Asian-American filmmaker
- Empress Wang, 1st century AD Chinese empress, daughter of emperor Wang Mang
- Ben Wang, American-Chinese actor (born 2000)

and 19 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Wong, Wing, Weng, Whang, Womack, Weems, Wingo, Wines, Wink, Wiens, Wenz, Winch.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.