Is the last name Nguyen Korean?

Nguyễn is the most common Vietnamese surname / family name. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen.

Why do so many Vietnamese have the name Nguyen?

In the 19th century, Vietnam was a territory of the French. The French had a large-scale population investigation during that period and faced a huge challenge which was that many Vietnamese people didn’t have a correct last name. So the French decided to give those people the last name, and they chose Nguyen.

How do you pronounce the last name Nguyen?

Originally Answered: How do you pronounce “Nguyen”? It’s pronounced “ngwee-en” (“ng” as in “singer”) in Northern Vietnamese, but “ngweeng” (“ng” as in “singer”) in Southern Vietnamese. In English, it’s better to pronounce “nwee-EN” instead of “EN-GWEE-en”.