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Ng is a Cantonese and Hakka transliteration of the Chinese surnames 吳/吴 (Pinyin: Wú) and 伍 (Pinyin: Wǔ), and Hokkien (Taiwanese) and Teochew transliteration of the Chinese surname 黃/黄 (Pinyin: Huáng). It is pronounced ]], and 伍 means "five." It is sometimes romanized as Ang, Eng, Ing and Ong in the United States and Ung in Australia. It is sometimes romanized as Woo or Wu even by people of Cantonese origin, such as John Woo.

吴 / 吳 (Wú) is the 10th most common Chinese surname in the 2006 List of common Chinese surnames, but was the 8th most common in 1990.

Notable people with the surname Ng

• John Lone – famous for lead role in The Last Emperor, born Kwok-Leung Ng (吳國良), changed his Chinese name
• Andrew Ng Asst Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, California, USA
• Benjamin Ng - convicted in Seattle's Wah Mee Massacre of 13 counts of murder
• Charles Ng (born 1960) – serial killer from California, USA
• Edward W Ng- mathematical scientist in the US Space Program
• Evelyn Ng – professional poker player from Canada
• Francis Ng – award-winning actor from Hong Kong
• Gregory Ng – award-winning designer and performer as Chelvis: The Chinese Elvis
• Irene Ng (born 1974) – Malaysian actress now living in Pennsylvania, USA
• John Ng - Kung Fu Master and TCM Doctor (born Wing-Lok Ng in 1950) – now living in Kentucky, USA
• Kary Ng - Hong Kong Cantopop Artist
• Deep Ng - Hong Kong Cantopop Artist
• Kim Ng (born 1968) – United States baseball executive
• Konrad Ng – US President Barack Obama's brother-in-law, husband of Obama's half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng
• Lawrence Ng – Television Broadcasts Limited actor
• Margaret Ng (born 1948) – member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
• Melissa Ng – actress from Hong Kong
• Richard Ng Man Tat (born 1952) – veteran actor in the Hong Kong film industry
• Ron Ng (born 1979) – Hong Kong TVB actor and singer
• Sandra Ng – award-winning Hong Kong actress
• Stan Ng, Senior Marketing Director of the Apple, Inc Division that developed the iPod, as cited in the book The Perfect Thing
• Wai Chiu "Tony" Ng" - convicted in Seattle's 1983 Wah Mee Massacre

Other uses

• "Ana Ng" is an alternative rock song by the band They Might Be Giants.

See also

• Wu (surname)

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