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Vuong


FieldValue
nameVương
image王-order.gif
languageVietnamese
meaningKing

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

  1. [[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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