Wang (surname)  Wang () is the pinyin romanization of the common Chinese surnames ' ("Wáng") and ' ("Wāng"). Wáng () was listed 8th on the famous Song Dynasty list of the "Hundred Family Surnames"; it is currently the most common surname in mainland China. Wāng () was 104th of the "Hundred Family Surnames"; it is currently the 58th-most-common surname in mainland China. Wang is also a surname with unrelated origins in several European countries.   is also romanized as Wong in Hong Kong, Macau, Cantonese, Hakka and Hainanese; Waan or Waon in Shanghainese; Ong or Bong in Hokkien; Heng in Teochew; Uōng in Gan; Vang, Vaj, or Vaaj in Hmong; Vương or Vong in Vietnamese; Wang () in Korean; and Ō or Oh in Japanese. Wáng is one of the most common surnames in the world and was listed by the People's Republic of China's National Citizen ID Information System as the most common surname in mainland China in April 2007, with 92.88 million bearers and comprising 7.25% of the general population. In 2019 it was again the most common surname in Mainland China. A 2013 study found the province with the most people sharing the name was Henan. Overall the name is more prevalent in Northern China. In 2019 it was the most common surname in nearly every northern province or province-level division: Xinjiang, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shandong, Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang, as well as the southern province of Hainan. It was the 6th most common surname in Taiwan in 2005, comprising 4.12% of the general population. Ong is the 5th-most-common surname among Chinese Singaporeans and Wong the 6th, although Wong also includes the surname 黃 (Huang in Mandarin). There were 88,000 Wongs during the year 2000 US Census, making it the 7th-most-common surname among Asians and Pacific Islanders and the 279th most common surname overall. The 63,800 Wangs ranked 10th and 440th, respectively.