Given name & surname
Ang
Ang is a surname from Hokkien. It is used in English, Tagalog, Indonesian, and Cebuano.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ang through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,242 as a first name in 2020; 3,773 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ang’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Ang as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Hong. In Filipino usage, Ang as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Hung.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ang
- Ang LeeTaiwanese film director, screenwriter and producer (born 1954)
- Emperor Wenzong of Tangemperor of the Tang Dynasty809–840
- Sima AngChinese king of Yin (died 205 BC)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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