Heng (surname) explained

As a surname, Heng may refer to:

• Teochew romanization of the Chinese surname written Chinese: {{linktext|王 (Wáng in Hanyu Pinyin)^[1]
• Hokkien romanization of the Chinese surname written Chinese: {{linktext|邢 (Xíng in Hanyu Pinyin)
• pinyin romanization of the less-common Chinese surname written in traditional characters or in simplified characters (also Héng)

Distribution

See main article: article, Wang (surname) and Xing (surname).

Heng is mostly identified as a Teochew-romanized Chinese surname written (Wáng in Hanyu Pinyin) in Singapore and Malaysia. The Chinese surname was listed 8th on the famous Song Dynasty list of the Hundred Family Surnames and is the most common surname in mainland China.^[2]

However, Heng is an uncommon surname in the United States (ranked 13,044th during the 1990 census and 10,281st during the year 2000 census).^[3]

Notable people

王

• Heng Swee Keat (born 1961), Singaporean politician and Deputy Prime Minister
• Heng Kim Song (born 1963), Singaporean editorial cartoonist
• Ivan Heng (born 1963), Singaporean actor
• Heng Chee How (born 1961), Singaporean politician
• Amanda Heng (born 1951), Singaporean artist

邢

• Margaret Heng (born 1961), Singaporean businesswoman
• Nadia Heng (born 1985), Malaysian beauty pageant titleholder and model

Notes and References

1. http://www.yutopian.com/names/04/4wang1.html Origin of the surname Wang, Wong, Ong, Heng
2. "Chinese: 公安部统计：'王'成中国第一大姓 有9288万人 [Public Security Bureau Statistics: 'Wang' Found China's #1 'Big Family', Includes 92.88m People]." 24 Apr 2007. Accessed 27 Mar 2012.
3. [US Census Bureau]