Meaning

originAs a Danish surname, from Vang. As a German and Dutch surname, from wang (“cheek”) and obsolete derivatives of Proto-Germanic *wangaz (“field, meadow”). As a Jewish surname, from the German sense, and also a nickname for someone from Hungary (compare Russian Венгрия (Vengrija)). As a North Germanic surname, spelling variant of Vang.

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