Ang Family History

Chinese:: Teochew Hokkien or Taiwanese form of the surname 洪 see Hong 1 meaning ‘flood deluge’. This pronunciation is found in eastern Guangdong, Fujian, and Taiwan, from where many people migrated to the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and other parts of Southeast Asia.

Variant Romanization of the surname 翁 see Weng variant Romanization of the surnames 王 and 汪 see Wang 1 and 2 possibly based on their Hokkien or Taiwanese pronunciation.

Variant Romanization of the surnames 吳 and 伍 see Wu 1 and variant Romanization of the surname 鄧 see Deng based on its pronunciation of the Siyi Cantonese subdialect (also known as Sze Yup or Four Districts dialect including Taishanese) spoken in southern Guangdong.