Nguyen
Nguyễn (sometimes abbreviated as Ng̃) is the most common surname of the Vietnamese people.
Chữ Hán for Nguyễn | |
Pronunciation | Hanoi: [ŋwiə̯n˧ˀ˥] Saigon: [ŋwiə̯ŋ˧˩˧] |
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Language(s) | Vietnamese |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Ruan, Yuen |
Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen.
By some estimates 30 to 39 percent of Vietnamese people bear this surname.
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