Ong (surname)


Ong is a Hokkien romanization of several Chinese surnames: , , or ; and . Ong is also a Laotian surname. Ong or Onge is also a surname of English origin, with earliest known records found in Western Suffolk taxation records from c. 1280 AD. Ong is also an Estonian surname, possibly derived from õng, meaning "fishing rod/hook".
Ong has also been used to romanize the Taishanese pronunciation of , as in the case of Betty Ong.

Romanization

Under the Pe̍h-ōe-jī romanization system, 王 but not the other names includes a circumflex over its vowel: Ông. However, this is often omitted in practice.

Distribution

In Singapore, Ong is the list of common [Chinese Singaporean surnames|fifth-most-common] surname among Singaporean residents. In the United States, Ong was the 6,682nd most common surname during the 1990 US census and the 4,343rd most common surname during the year 2000 US census.

Notable Ongs