Ong Family History
Ong Name Meaning
Chinese: Hokkien and Taiwanese form of the surnames 王 and 汪 see Wang 1 and It is also found in Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia (compare 6 below). Chinese: Hokkien and Taiwanese form of the surname 翁 see Weng The dialects in which this form of the name is found are spoken in Fujian and Taiwan from where some people migrated to Malaysia Singapore Indonesia Thailand and other parts of Southeast Asia. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 鄧 possibly based on its pronunciation of the Siyi Cantonese subdialect (also known as Sze Yup or Four Districts dialect including Taishanese) spoken in southern Guangdong see Deng . Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 黃 possibly based on its pronunciation of Southern Min Chinese dialects (such as Hokkien and Teochew) see Huang It is also found in Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia. Vietnamese (Ông): from the Chinese surname 翁 see Weng It is also found among the Cham people in southern Vietnam. Cambodian: written អុង of Chinese origin from 王 (see Wang 1 compare 1 above). The surname អុង also corresponds to the Khmer word meaning ‘large water jug’ itself of Chinese origin as well.7: English (Suffolk): from the rare Middle English personal name Ung(e) Onge (Old Norse Ungi Unge a weakly declined forms of ungr ‘young’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
