Huang

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Huang (Chinese: 黃) is a Chinese surname. While Huáng is the pinyin romanisation of the word, it may also be romanised as Houang, Hoang, Wong, Vong, 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 7^th 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.

1 Prominent people with family name Huang(黃)
2 Prominent people with Vietnamese family name Huynh(黃)
3 Notes
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[edit] Prominent people with family name 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
Wong Fei Hung (Huang Feihong in Mandarin). a 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 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 Shumin, Famous woman in China in the Tang Dynasty with gorgeous feature.
Kai Wong U.S. actor, producer.
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 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 Zhong, General of Shu Han Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms Period
Kai Huang, Medical Student (Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, undergraduate), affiliated with R&B singer T-Pain
Huang Zongxi (1610 – 1695), Philosopher during Ming-Qing dynasties
Huang Yueying invented the juggernaut and wooden ox during the Three Kingdoms Period, also the wife of Zhuge Liang
Alex Huang, Tai-American violinist
David Henry Hwang, Chinese-American playwright
Wayne Huang, The CEO and founder of the Rapid Learning Center, California, United States