Vuong

Vương or Vuong (Chữ Nôm: ) is a Vietnamese surname, meaning King.

Vương
Language(s)Vietnamese
Origin
MeaningKing

In the United States, Vuong was the 7,635th most common surname during the 1990 census and the 4,556th most common during the year 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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