Vương
Language(s)Vietnamese
Origin
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.[1]

Notable people

  • Vương Văn Đông, Army of the Republic of Vietnam colonel, staged the 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt
  • 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

References

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