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Eng (name)

Eng is a Chinese, German, and Scandinavian surname, as well as a given name in various cultures.

Given name

Eng Abner Nangwale (1932–2013), Ugandan politician
Eng Bunker (1811–1874), Siamese-American conjoined twin brother of Chang Bunker
Chong Eng (章瑛; born 1974), Malaysian politician
Eng Tow (杜瑛; born 1947), Singaporean contemporary artist

Surname

Origins

Eng may be the spelling of multiple Chinese surnames, based on their pronunciation in different varieties of Chinese; they are listed below by their spelling in Hanyu Pinyin, which reflects the standard Mandarin pronunciation:

Wú (吳), spelled Eng based on its Cantonese pronunciation (Jyutping: Ng4)
Wǔ (伍), spelled Eng based on its Cantonese pronunciation (Jyutping: Ng5)
Róng (榮/荣), spelled Eng based on its Hokkien pronunciation (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Êng)
Wēng (翁), spelled Eng based on its Teochew pronunciation (Peng'im: Êng¹)
Yīng (應), spelled Eng based on its pronunciation in various Southern Min dialects (e.g. Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Eng; Teochew Peng'im: Êng³)

Ng is another spelling of the Cantonese pronunciation of the first two surnames listed above. Chinese Americans in the Pacific Northwest tended to prefer the spelling Eng over Ng. The Cambodian surname Eng (អេង) probably originates from the latter three surnames mentioned above.

As a German surname, Eng is a variant spelling of Enge, a topographic surname for a person who lived in a valley or other such narrow place, from German eng 'narrow'.

The Norwegian and Swedish surname Eng originated as an ornamental surname from Old Norse eng and Swedish äng 'meadow'.

Statistics

As of 2023, there were 910 people in Norway with the surname Eng.

The 2010 United States census found 10,862 people with the surname Eng, making it the 3,352nd-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 10,102 (3,246th-most-common) in the 2000 census. In both censuses, roughly three-quarters of the bearers of the surname identified as Asian and 14% as non-Hispanic white. It was the 179th-most-common surname among respondents to the 2000 census who identified as Asian.

People

Politics and government

Brynolf Eng (1910–1988), Swedish diplomat
Eng Chhai Eang (អេង ឆៃអ៊ាង; born 1965), Cambodian politician
Hans Eng (1907–1995), Norwegian physician and Nazi collaborator
Hughes Eng (fl. 1959–present), Chinese-born Canadian activist
Jakob Eng (1937–2022), Norwegian banker and politician
John Eng (born 1942), American politician of Chinese descent in Washington State
Mike Eng (伍國慶; born 1946), American politician of Chinese descent in California
Suriani Abdullah (birth name Eng Ming Ching; 1924–2013), former central committee member of the Communist Party of Malaya
Randall T. Eng (born 1947), mainland Chinese-born American jurist
Roland Eng (born 1959), Cambodian diplomat
Susan Eng (伍素屏; fl. 1974–present), Canadian lawyer of Chinese descent, former chair of the Metro Toronto Police Services Board
Sigrun Eng (born 1951), Norwegian politician