Given name & surname · also Chinese

Whang

Whang is a surname from Chinese, ultimately from Korean.

Original Korean왕

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Whang comes from Chinese, and ultimately from Korean.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Whang as a surname developed from 王. In English usage, Whang as a surname developed from 黃.

Whang’s family of names

In English usage, Whang as a surname developed from the Chinese form 王. In English usage, Whang as a surname developed from the Chinese form 黃. In English usage, Whang as a surname developed from the Korean form 왕.

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Whang王왕

The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 4

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