Eng is a Chinese, German, and Scandinavian surname, as well as a given name in various cultures.

Given name

* Eng Abner Nangwale (1932–2013), Ugandan politician * Eng Bunker (1811–1874), Siamese-American conjoined twin brother of Chang Bunker *

Chong Eng Chong Eng (; born on 6 July 1957) is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Penang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Chief Ministers Lim Guan Eng and Ch ...

(; born 1974), Malaysian politician * Eng Tow (; born 1947), Singaporean contemporary artist

Surname

Origins

Eng may be the spelling of multiple

Chinese surname Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicization, Sinicized ethnic groups in Greater China, Korea, Vietnam and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, ...

s, based on their pronunciation in different

varieties of Chinese There are hundreds of local Chinese language varieties forming a branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages, Sino-Tibetan language family, many of which are not Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible. Variation is particularly strong in the m ...

; they are listed below by their spelling in

Hanyu Pinyin Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means ' Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''pinyin'' literally ...

, which reflects the

standard Mandarin Standard Chinese ( zh, s=现代标准汉语, t=現代標準漢語, p=Xiàndài biāozhǔn hànyǔ, l=modern standard Han speech) is a modern Standard language, standard form of Mandarin Chinese that was first codified during the Republic of ...

pronunciation: * Wú (), spelled Eng based on its

Cantonese Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic language belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family. It originated in the city of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta. While th ...

pronunciation () * Wǔ (), spelled Eng based on its Cantonese pronunciation () * Róng (/荣), spelled Eng based on its

Hokkien Hokkien ( , ) is a Varieties of Chinese, variety of the Southern Min group of Chinese language, Chinese languages. Native to and originating from the Minnan region in the southeastern part of Fujian in southeastern China, it is also referred ...

pronunciation () * Wēng (), spelled Eng based on its Teochew pronunciation (

Peng'im ( zh, s=潮州话拼音方案, t=潮州話拼音方案: ( Teochew) ( Swatow), : or , : or ) is a Teochew dialect romanization system as a part of Guangdong Romanization published by Guangdong Provincial Education Department in 1960. The ...

: ) *

Yīng Yīng () is a Chinese surname. It is not a common surname in China. In the Zhou Dynasty of China, one prince of the King Wu of Zhou (the first king of the Zhou Dynasty) was granted the land called Ying, and the offspring of the prince used Ying ...

(), spelled Eng based on its pronunciation in various

Southern Min Southern Min (), Minnan ( Mandarin pronunciation: ) or Banlam (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Chinese languages that form a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Fujian (especially the Minnan region), most of Taiwa ...

dialects (e.g. Hokkien ; Teochew Peng'im: ) Ng is another spelling of the Cantonese pronunciation of the first two surnames listed above. Chinese Americans in the Pacific Northwest tended to prefer the spelling Eng over Ng. The Cambodian surname Eng () probably originates from the latter three surnames mentioned above. As a

German surname Personal names in German-speaking Europe consist of one or several given names (''Vorname'', plural ''Vornamen'') and a surname (''Nachname, Familienname''). The ''Vorname'' is usually gender-specific. A name is usually cited in the "Name order, ...

, Eng is a variant spelling of Enge, a topographic surname for a person who lived in a valley or other such narrow place, from

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

'narrow'. The Norwegian and Swedish surname Eng originated as an ornamental surname from

Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...

and Swedish 'meadow'.

Statistics

As of 2023, there were 910 people in Norway with the surname Eng. The 2010 United States census found 10,862 people with the surname Eng, making it the 3,352nd-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 10,102 (3,246th-most-common) in the 2000 census. In both censuses, roughly three-quarters of the bearers of the surname identified as Asian and 14% as

non-Hispanic white Non-Hispanic Whites, also referred to as White Anglo Americans or Non-Latino Whites, are White Americans who are classified by the United States census as "White" and not of Hispanic or Latino origin. According to annual estimates from the Unit ...

. It was the 179th-most-common surname among respondents to the 2000 census who identified as Asian.

People

Politics and government

* Brynolf Eng (1910–1988), Swedish diplomat * Eng Chhai Eang (; born 1965), Cambodian politician * Hans Eng (1907–1995), Norwegian physician and Nazi collaborator *

Hughes Eng Hughes Eng, O. Ont, is a community activist in the Chinese community in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Eng immigrated to Canada from China during the period of the Chinese Exclusion Act, an experience that lead to his role in getting compensation from ...

(), Chinese-born Canadian activist * Jakob Eng (1937–2022), Norwegian banker and politician * John Eng (born 1942), American politician of Chinese descent in Washington State * Mike Eng (; born 1946), American politician of Chinese descent in California * Suriani Abdullah (birth name Eng Ming Ching; 1924–2013), former central committee member of the Communist Party of Malaya * Phillip Eng, American transit executive * Randall T. Eng (born 1947), mainland Chinese-born American jurist * Roland Eng (born 1959), Cambodian diplomat *

Susan Eng Susan Eng (), LL.B. is a Toronto lawyer and former chair of the Metro Toronto Police Services Board from 1991 to 1995. She is also an activist in the Chinese community in Toronto. History Eng, the daughter of immigrants from China, studied at J ...

(; ), Canadian lawyer of Chinese descent, former chair of the Metro Toronto Police Services Board * Sigrun Eng (born 1951), Norwegian politician

Sport

* Bertil Eng (1930–2006), Swedish speed skater * Jacob Eng (born 2004), Norwegian football striker * Martin Eng (born 1986), Norwegian biathlete * Philipp Eng (born 1990), Austrian racing driver * Tony Eng (born 1959), Swedish curler

Television and film

Dayyan Eng Dayyan Eng, known as Wu Shixian in China (), born in Taiwan in 1975, is a Chinese-American filmmaker of Chinese, English, and Persian ancestry, who grew up in three continents. He studied film arts at the University of Washington and transferred t ...

(; born 1975), Taiwan-born American filmmaker * Esther Eng (; 1914–1970), American filmmaker of Chinese descent * Kenneth Eng (), American filmmaker of Chinese descent * Marny Eng (born 1969), Canadian stuntwoman * Peppe Eng (born 1948), Swedish sports journalist * Vickie Eng (), American actress

Other

* Charis Eng (1962–2024), Singaporean-born American geneticist * Diana Eng (born 1983), American fashion designer of Chinese descent *

Helga Eng Helga Kristine Eng (31 May 1875 – 26 May 1966) was a Norwegian psychologist and educationalist. She was the third woman to receive a doctor's degree in Norway, and the first to do so in psychology. Early life and education She was born in Rakke ...

(1875–1966), Norwegian psychologist and educationalist * Janice J Eng (born 1963), Canadian neurologist * Johnny Eng (; born ), Hong Kong-born American criminal * Mercedes Eng (), Canadian writer of Chinese descent * Phoebe Eng (born ), American writer of Chinese descent * Richard Eng (; born 1964), Hong Kong tutor of English

References

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