Wen is a Chinese surname. simplified Chinese: 温; traditional Chinese: 溫; pinyin: Wēn), meaning "warm", is sometimes romanised as Wen or Vun in Taiwan, Ôn in VietnameseWan in Cantonese, or Wen/Won/Wan/Bong/Voon/Oon/woon/Man/Mun in Malaysia. According to a 2013 study it was found to be the 104th-most common surname, shared by 2,170,000 people or 0.160% of the population, with the province with the most people being Guangdong.
Origins
from Wen (溫), the name of an ancient state during the Western Zhou dynasty. During the Spring and Autumn period this state was annexed by Di and the Prince of Wen fled to the state of Wey (simplified Chinese: 卫; traditional Chinese: 衞). His descendants acquired then name of their origins state as their surname.[1]
from the place-name Wen (溫), a fief granted to Wen Ji (溫季), an official in Jin during the Spring and Autumn period
from the Chi Wen (叱溫), Wen Pen (溫盆), and Wen Gu (溫孤) families of the Xianbei people
from the personal name of Wen Sheng (溫昇), who went into exile and changed his original surname, Liu (劉), to Wen after his father, Liu Yicong (劉易從), an official in the Tang dynasty, suffered persecution and death.
Notable people
Wen Jiao (溫嶠) (288–329), courtesy name Taizhen (太真), formally Duke Zhongwu of Shi'an (始安忠武公), was a renowned Jin Dynasty (266–420) general and governor.
Wen Dalin (575–637), courtesy name Yanbo,[1] better known as Wen Yanbo, posthumously known as Duke Gong of Yu, was a Chinese official who lived in the early Tang Dynasty
Ming-Na Wen (溫明娜; born 1963) a Chinese–American actress
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Surname list
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