Wu (surname)

Wu is the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese surname  (Traditional Chinese), (Simplified Chinese), which is the tenth most common surname in Mainland China. Several other, less common Chinese surnames are also translated into English as "Wu": , , , , and .Wu (or Woo or Wou) is also the Cantonese transliteration of the different Chinese surname 胡 (see Hu), used in Hong Kong, and by overseas Chinese of Cantonese speaking areas of Guangdong, or Hong Kong origin. In Vietnamese, it is Hồ.The name is also one of the most common surnames in Korea. It is spelled 오 in Hangul and romanized O by the three major romanization systems, but more commonly spelled Oh in South Korea. Also in Vietnamese, Gô but more commonly spelled Ngô in North Vietnam.
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