Huang (surname)

Huang or Hwang or Hoang
Family name

Chinese character representing Huang
Pronunciation Huáng (Mandarin)
Hwang (Korean)
Huỳnh or Hoàng (Vietnamese)
Ng or Ung (Hokkien)
Ooi or Hûiⁿ (Teochew)
Wong (Cantonese)
Wee (Hainanese)
Meaning Yellow
Region of origin China
Language(s) of origin Chinese

Huang (/ˈhwɑːŋ/, simplified Chinese: 黄; traditional Chinese: 黃) is a Chinese surname that means "Yellow". While Huáng is the pinyin romanisation of the word, it may also be romanised as Hwang, Huong, Houang, Hoang, Wong, Hwong, Vong, Hung, Hong, Bong, Eng, Ng, Uy, Wee, Oi, Oei, Oey, or Ooi, Ong, or Ung due to pronunciations of the word in different dialects and languages.

This surname is known as Hwang in Korean. In Vietnam, the name is known as Hoàng or Huỳnh.

Huang is the 7th most common surname in China.[1] The population of Huangs in China and Taiwan was estimated at more than 29 million in 2000; it was also the surname of more than 2 million overseas Chinese, 4.3 million Vietnamese (5.1%), and an estimated 1 million Koreans (The 2000 census of South Korea revealed it was the surname for 644,294 South Koreans, ranked 17th).[2]

Pronunciations

Origins

Huang is an ancient surname. According to tradition, there are few several different sources of Huang surname origin.

Ying clan

Shaohao 少昊 had a child, Gaoyao 皋陶 and Gaoyao had a child, Boyi 伯益. Boyi has job for flood control and get surname Ying (嬴) at early Xia dynasty period. Boyi married Emperor Shun's youngest daughter and gave birth to Da Lian 大廉. Xia Yu awarded the Huang kingdom to Da Lian, and his descendants are known as the Huangs.

There are total of 14 clans derived from Boyi Ying clan: Lian (廉), Xu (徐), Jiang (江), Qin (秦), Zhao (趙), Huang (黄), Liang (梁), Ma (馬), Ge (葛), Gu (谷), Mou (繆), Zhong (鍾), Fei (費), and Qu (瞿)

Ji clan

During the reign of Emperor Shun, Hui Lian 惠连, the son of Lu Zhong 陆终, a descendant of the Yellow Emperor scored merits in harnessing river floods. Emperor Shun conferred on Hui Lian the state of Can'hu 参胡 (in present-day region of Fenyang, Shanxi province). Emperor Shun renamed Can'hu State of Huang, and bestowed on Hui Lian the surname Huang and the name "Yun" 云. Hence, Hui Lian was also known as Huang Yun 黄云. Hui Lian became the Progenitor of the Huang surname clan. The descendants of Huang Yun (Hui Lian) ruled the Huang State of Shanxi until the early Spring and Autumn Period (722 BC-481 BC) when it was conquered by the State of Jin.

Development and Emigration

In 891 BC King Xiao of Zhou conferred on the 53rd generation descendant of Hui Lian, Huang Xi 黄熙 (aka Huang Shi 黄石) the nobility of 'Hou' 侯 (marquis) and a fiefdom in the region east of the Han river 汉水 (in present-day region of Yicheng, Hubei province) called 'Huang' 黄 (Not to be confused with the Huang State of Fenyang, Shanxi) with the four states Jiang 江, Huang 黄 (founded by 伯益 Bo Yi's descendants), Dao 道, and Bo 柏 in the Huang river 潢水 valley as vassals. The Huang State of Yicheng, Hubei was known as the Western Huang (Xi Huang 西黄) in history.

In 845 BC Duke Wen 文侯 Huang Meng 黄孟 (aka Huang Zhang 黄璋) moved the capital of the State of Huang from Yicheng to Huangchuan (present-day Huangchuan, Henan). Huang Xi's descendants ruled State of Huang until 648 BC when it was destroyed by the State of Chu. The Duke of Huang, Duke Mu 穆侯 Huang Qisheng 黄企生, fled to the state of Qi. The people of Huang were forced to relocate to Chu. They settled in the region of present-day Hubei province, in a region known as the Jiangxia Prefecture 江夏郡 during the Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220). There are many places in this region today that were named after Huang e.g Huanggang, Huangpi, Huangmei, Huangshi, Huangzhou etc. A large number of the people of Huang were also relocated to regions south of the Yangtze River. Among them were descendants of the aristocratic family of Huang, who later assimilated with the local indigenous tribes and their descendants became the Huangs of the non-Han ethnic minorities in south China today.

It was from Jiangxia where the Huang Clan later spread its branches to other parts of China and later on to other parts of the world, hence Jiangxia is regarded as the Cradle of the Huang Clan and the name "Jiangxia" was adopted as the clan's "Hall name" 堂号. Today, the Huang Surname Clan is known as the "Huang Clan of Jiangxia". The name "Jiangxia" has become a synonym of Huang surname clan.

During the Jin dynasty (265-420), when northern China was invaded by the barbarian tribes, many northerners (especially the aristocratic clans) moved to south China with the Jin court. It was during this period that the Huang clansmen migrated to Fujian.

According to Min Shu 闽书 (Book of Min) (Quoted from Chung Yoon-Ngan): "During the second year (of the reign) of Yongjia (308AD) the Central Plain was in chaos and the eight clans:- Lin 林, Huang, Chen 陈, Zheng 郑, Zhan 詹, Qiu 邱, He 何, and Hu 胡, entered Min 闽 (present day Fujian province, China)."

From the Tang dynasty (618-907) onwards, many Han Chinese migrated from Fujian to Guangdong and the other southern provinces. Huang grew into a big clan in south China and it is the 3rd biggest surname in Southern China today.

Migration to Taiwan began during the transition period from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) to Qing dynasty (1644-1912), when many Han Chinese followed the Anti-Manchu Ming loyalist forces under Zheng Chenggong, and crossed the Taiwan Strait to Taiwan island.

Huang migration overseas began as early as the 14th century during the Ming dynasty to destinations in Southeast Asia. Migration to Americas began only in the mid-19th century following the forced opening of China's doors to the West. Huang is one of the largest Chinese surname clan in Americas today. The population of overseas Huang Clansmen was estimated at 2 million in 2000.

Huang

Huang is the 7th most common surname in China, and the 3rd most common surname in Taiwan. The population of people named Huang in China was approximately 20 million and in Taiwan about 1 million.

Historical figures

Modern Figures

Hwang

Hwang (Hangul : 황) is a common Korean family name. Hwang is the equivalent of the Chinese surname Huang. Hwangs make up roughly 1.5% of the Korean population; the 2000 South Korean census found 644,294 in that country.

List of Notable People with the surname Hwang

Hoàng/Huỳnh

The Vietnamese versions of this surname are Hoàng and Huỳnh. According to Lê Trung Hoa, a Vietnamese scholar, approximately 5.1 percent of Vietnamese people have this surname.[4] The original form of this surname was Hoàng. But in southern Vietnam, Hoàng was ordered to be changed (excluding the Hoàng Trọng family) to Huỳnh due to a naming taboo with the name of Lord Nguyễn Hoàng .

Notable people with family name Hoàng
Notable people with family name Huỳnh

Fictional Characters with Surname Huang

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Meaning of Chinese names - H
  2. ↑ "Huang". Archived from the original on Feb 6, 2008. Retrieved 2005-12-15.
  3. ↑ Yi, Jong-seong (2006-04-14). "이동국, '제2의 황선홍'이 되어줬으면". Daum Media. Retrieved 2007-09-21.
  4. ↑ Lê Trung Hoa (2005). Họ và tên người Việt Nam, Hà Nội, Việt Nam: NXB Khoa học Xã hội

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