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 Chữ Hán for Nguyễn | |
| Pronunciation | Hanoi: [ŋwiə̯n˧ˀ˥] Saigon: [ŋwiə̯ŋ˧˩˧] |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Vietnamese |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Ruan, Yuen |
Nguyễn (sometimes abbreviated as Ng̃) is the most common surname of the Vietnamese people.
Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen.[a]
By some estimates 30 to 39 percent of Vietnamese people bear this surname.[1][2][3]
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- ^ Lê Trung Hoa, Họ và tên người Việt Nam, NXB Khoa học - Xã hội, 2005
- ^ "Vietnamese names". Archived from the original on 1 July 2008.
- ^ Kelly, Maura (27 July 2011). "Nafissatou and Amadou". Slate.