Kwong
A Chinese surname commonly representing several Cantonese pronunciations of characters often rendered in Mandarin as Huang or Kuang.
The #6,084 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 54,771 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Kwong is a Cantonese-style romanization of one or more Chinese surnames, most commonly those written with characters pronounced in Mandarin as Huang or Kuang. Because Chinese surnames are written in characters rather than letters, the same spelling in Latin script can reflect different underlying surnames and meanings depending on family origin and dialect. In many cases, Kwong is simply a Cantonese form chosen for how the surname is pronounced in southern Chinese varieties.
History
The spelling Kwong became especially visible through Hong Kong, southern China, and overseas Cantonese-speaking communities. In English-language records it often reflects immigration-era romanization rather than a single fixed surname origin. As a result, bearers of the name may belong to more than one Chinese clan line even when the Roman spelling is the same.
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Fun fact
The same English spelling can map to different Chinese characters, so two people named Kwong may not share the same ancestral surname in Chinese script.