ONG

Ong is a surname that is most commonly found among Chinese communities in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the wider diaspora. In these communities, Ong is typically the romanization of the Chinese surname 王 in Hokkien and Teochew, and thus corresponds to the Mandarin surname Wang. Depending on dialect and country, the same character may also be rendered as Wong or Wang in English-language contexts.

The name is particularly prevalent in Singapore and Malaysia, where Chinese families use Ong in everyday writing and official documents. Its usage has spread with migration and globalization, and you may encounter individuals with the name Ong in other parts of the world as part of Chinese-heritage communities or diasporic populations.

Notable individuals with the surname include Ong Teng Cheong, a Singaporean politician who served as the first elected President of Singapore, and Ong Ka Ting, a Malaysian politician and former leader of the Malaysian Chinese Association. As a surname with multiple possible Chinese origins and a variety of dialectal spellings, Ong appears across different sectors, including business, politics, and the arts, within Chinese communities and beyond.