Vuong
Vương or Vuong is a Vietnamese surname, meaning King.
It is derived from the Chinese surname Wang and is cognate with related names like Wong in Cantonese, Vang in Hmong, and Ong in Hokkien.
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.Notable people
- Vương Văn Đông, Army of the Republic of Vietnam colonel, staged the 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt
- Vương Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese football coach
- Vương Đình Huệ, Vietnamese politician, Minister of Finance , Deputy Prime Minister
- Vương Trung Hiếu, Vietnamese writer
- Vương Thị Huyền, Vietnamese Olympic weightlifter
- Ocean Vuong, 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
- Josephine Vuong, Canadian Graphic Designer, www.josephinevuong.com
- 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
