Huang (traditional Chinese: 黃; simplified Chinese: 黄) is a Chinese surname that means "golden yellow," or literally "yellow." While Huáng is the pinyin romanisation of the word, it may also be romanised as Houang, Hoang, Wong, Vong, Hung, Hong, Bong, Eng, Ng, Uy, Wee, Oi, Oei or Ooi, Ong, Hwang, or Ung due to pronunciations of the word in different dialects and languages. The surname is known as Hoàng or as Huỳnh in Vietnamese, and Hwang, Whang in Korean.
Huang is the 7th most common surname in China. The population of Huangs in China and Taiwan was estimated at more than 29 million in 2000; it was also the surname of more than 2 million overseas Chinese, 4.3 million Vietnamese (5.1%), and an estimated 1 million Koreans (The 2000 census of South Korea revealed it was the surname for 644,294 South Koreans, ranked 17th)[1].
See also Wong, the common English transliteration of Cantonese on the surname Huang.
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Huang (黃)
- Huang Chao (? – AD 884), Tang dynasty. Leader of peasant rebellion army
- Huang Chunping, chief commander of rocket system of China's Manned Space Program, deputy chief commander of the Jiuquan Space Launch Center, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Huang Chuping, also known as Wong Tai Sin, a Taoist deity
- Huang Di
- Huang Feihong (Wong Fei Hung) a prominent kung fu master
- Frank Huang (b. 1978?), American violinist born in China
- Huang Gai, General of Wu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms Period
- Huang Gongwang (1269 – 1345), Yuan Dynasty. Famous painter
- Huang He, Chinese name for the Yellow River.
- Huang Huahua 黃華華, (born 1946) is the current Governor of Guangdong, a southern province of China
- Jen-Hsun Huang 黃仁勳, co-founder of Nvidia Corporation
- Huang Jiading (Ong Ka Ting) 黃家定, President of Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), Minister of Housing and Local Government & Acting Minister of Health of Malaysia.
- Wong Jim (1940 – 2004), lyricist and writer
- Huang Jianxiang, football commentator
- Huang Jinhui (Wee Kim Wee) (1915 – 2005). Former president of the Republic of Singapore.
- Huang Ju, politician
- Huang Kun (1919 – 2005), physicist
- Huang Qiaoshan (AD 871 – 953), Vice-Minister of Works of Tang dynasty.
- Huang Senping (Ming Dynasty), better known as Ong Sum Ping, son-in-law of Sultan Muhammad Shah, the first Muslim ruler of the Sultanate of Brunei.
- Huang Sheng Shyan, also known as Huang Hsing-hsien (WG) or Huáng Xìngxián (py), a kung fu and tai chi master.
- Huang Shengyi, a Chinese actress.
- Huang Shougong (AD 629 – 712), Founder of the famous Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou, China.
- Huang Tingjian (1045 – 1105), Famous poet and calligrapher
- Huang Xie, Lord of Chunshen, Prime Minister of the state of Chu during the Warring States Period
- Huang Xiang (AD 53 – 117), Han dynasty. A noted filial son in Chinese history.
- Huang Xiaojing, Governor of Fujian, a southern province of China
- Huang Xing, Chinese revolutionary
- Huang Xun, General of Shu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms Period
- Huang Yueying, the wife of Three Kingdoms chancellor Zhuge Liang
- Huang Zhexian (Wong Jeh Shyan), The CEO of CommerceNet Singapore
- Huang Zhong, General of Shu Han Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms Period
- Huang Zongxi (1610 – 1695), Philosopher during Ming-Qing dynasties
- David Henry Hwang, Chinese-American playwright
Hwang (黃)
- Hwang (Korean name), a common Korean family name.
- The Hwang River
- David Henry Hwang, US American playwright (b.1957)
- Dennis Hwang, a Korean American graphic artist.
- Hwang Jin-i, a legendary kisaeng of the Joseon Dynasty.
- Hwang Woo-Suk, a discredited South Korean biomedical scientist.
- Hwang Seong-gyeong, a fictional character in the Soul series of fighting games.
- Jun Hwang, a Korean Canadian musician.
- Hwang Hui, royal prime minister to King Taejong and King Sejong in the 14th century.
- Helen Hwang, a Brazilian Biologist
Hoàng/Huỳnh
In Vietnam, this surname is known as Hoàng or Huỳnh. According to Lê Trung Hoa, a Vietnamese scholar, approximately 5.1 percent of Vietnamese people have this surname[2]. The original spelling of this surname was Hoàng. But in southern Vietnam, Hoàng was mispronounced to Huỳnh in order to avoid the similarity of the name of lord Nguyễn Hoàng.
- Notable people with family name Hoàng
- Hoang Ngu Phuc, a 17th century military commander of Trinh Lords.
- Hoang Cao Khai, a mandarin of Nguyen Dynasty.
- Hoàng Kế Viêm, a mandarin of Nguyen Dynasty.
- Hoang Cam, a Vietnamese musician.
- Hoàng Văn Chí
- Hoang Anh Tuan
- Hoàng Cơ Minh
- Hoàng Thị Tuân
- Hoàng Khánh Ngọc
- Hoang Trung Hai
- Hoang Van Hoan
- Hoang Xuan Lam
- Notable people with family name Huỳnh
- Alex Huynh
- Carol Huynh
- Huỳnh Công Út
- Huynh Phu So
- Huynh Quang Thanh
- Huynh Sanh Thong
- Huỳnh Tấn Phát
- Huynh Van Cao
See also
Notes
- ^ http://www.geocities.com/bx_huang/Huang_origin.html Retrieved 2005-12-15
- ^ Lê Trung Hoa (2005). Họ và tên người Việt Nam, Hà Nội, Việt Nam: NXB Khoa học Xã hội
External links
- Huang Genealogy
- Origin and Development of the Huang Surname Clan
- Huang Surname Research(in Chinese)
- A personal site on the family name Wong (in English)
- Huang Family of Zhongshan (in Chinese)
- Huang Forum (in Chinese)
- Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home provides a detailed look at a Huang family residence built during the late Qing dynasty and occupied for over 200 years.
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