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That's an interesting one.
Basically, it's an Anglicised version of the original Chinese.
It comes, most commonly, from the Mandarin language. It can be a simplification of "Hwang" -- which means "yellow", or it can be a corruption of "Wang" -- Wang means "king" in Mandarin.
Wong/Wang can also mean "vastness" or "giants". There is a legend about Wong / Wang families being descended from Giants -- read more of this fable.
Wang is one of the most common surnames in China; one in ten families have Wang as their surname, in some northern provinces of the Republic.
Meaning king, Wong (Wang) are closely related to the other surnames: Ong, Heng, Voung.
Meaning yellow, Wong (Hwang) is closely related to Huang, Hweng, Oei and Ooi.
Basically, it's an Anglicised version of the original Chinese.
It comes, most commonly, from the Mandarin language. It can be a simplification of "Hwang" -- which means "yellow", or it can be a corruption of "Wang" -- Wang means "king" in Mandarin.
Wong/Wang can also mean "vastness" or "giants". There is a legend about Wong / Wang families being descended from Giants -- read more of this fable.
Wang is one of the most common surnames in China; one in ten families have Wang as their surname, in some northern provinces of the Republic.
Meaning king, Wong (Wang) are closely related to the other surnames: Ong, Heng, Voung.
Meaning yellow, Wong (Hwang) is closely related to Huang, Hweng, Oei and Ooi.
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