Wu (
Chinese: 伍;
pinyin: Wǔ;
Jyutping: Ng5) is a Chinese surname. It is the 89th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.[1] It means ‘five’
in Chinese, an alternative form of the character
五.[2] A 2013 study found that it was the 116th most common name, shared by 1,710,000 people or 0.130% of the population, with the province with the most being
Guangdong.[3]
Origins
from the personal name of Wu Xu (伍胥), an official during the reign of the legendary
Yellow Emperor[2]
Johnny Eng (born ca. 1958) (Chinese: 伍少衡; Jyutping: ng5 siu3 hang4), also known as Onionhead (Chinese: 蔥頭; Jyutping: cung1 tau4) or Machinegun Johnny,[1] a Hong Kong-born American criminal and leader of
Flying Dragons (gang)
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