Vuong
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Vương |
| image | 王-order.gif |
| language | Vietnamese |
| meaning | King |
| :: |
|name=Vương |image=王-order.gif | language = Vietnamese | meaning = King Vương or Vuong (Chữ Nôm: 王) is a Vietnamese surname, meaning King.
In the United States, Vuong was the 7,635th most common surname during the 1990 census and the 4,556th most common during the 2000 census.
Notable people
- Vương Văn Đông, Army of the Republic of Vietnam colonel, staged the 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt
- Vương Kiêm Toàn (born 1902), Vietnamese literacy educator
- Vương Hữu Nhơn (born 1932), Vietnamese economist, The First General of State Audit of Vietnam (1994–2000), deputy director of Ministry of Finance (1979–1986), Vice President of Vietnamese People's Committee (1991–1996)
- Vương Tiến Dũng (born 1949), Vietnamese football coach
- Vương Đình Huệ (born 1957), Vietnamese politician, Minister of Finance (2011 – 2013), Deputy Prime Minister (from 2016)
- Vương Trung Hiếu (born 1959), Vietnamese writer
- Vương Anh Tuấn (born 1959), Vietnamese economist, General Director of Hotel Continental Saigon, deputy director of Saigontourist (Tổng công ty Du lịch Sài Gòn)
- Vương Thị Huyền (born 1992), Vietnamese Olympic weightlifter
- Ocean Vuong (born 1988), American poet
- Quang Vuong, American economist, creator of Vuong's closeness test
- Chelsea Vuong, American beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Golden Gate 2018
- Lily Vuong, Canadian religious researcher, author of Gender and Purity in the Protevangelium of James
- Vương Hồng Sển, Vietnamese sociologist
- Vương Kiều Ân, Vietnamese poet
- Vương Quốc Mỹ, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Construction
- Vương Trí Nhàn, novelist
- Vương Quang Khải, founder of Zalo
- Vicky Vuong, Canadian sneaker artist
References
References
- [[United States Census Bureau]]. Op. cit. [[Public Broadcasting Service]]. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20091102081447/http://www.pbs.org/pov/thesweetestsound/popularityindex.php How Popular Is Your Last Name?]" Accessed 6 Apr 2012.
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