Wen (surname 闻)

Wén (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ) is a Chinese surname. It is related to the name Wenren (Wenjen).

闻 (Wén), meaning "fame" or "to listen", shares its origin with 文 (Wén) and usually romanised in a similar way. It may be romanised as Man in Cantonese, Wen, Boon, Vun, or Voon in Taiwan, Văn in Vietnamese.

286th most common name, shared by 210,700 people or 0.016% of the population, the province with the most being Anhui.[1]

Notable people

References

  1. Yuan Yida (袁义达), Qiu Jiaru, 邱家儒. 中国四百大姓. Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013
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