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Zhang ( ⓘ; traditional Chinese: 張; simplified Chinese: 张) is the third most common surname in China and Taiwan (commonly spelled as Chang in Taiwan), and it is one of the most common surnames in the world.
The Chinese expression "Three Zhang Four Li" (simplified Chinese: 张三李四; traditional Chinese: 張三李四; pinyin: Zhāng Sān Lǐ Sì) is used to mean "anyone" or "everyone", [4] but the most common surnames are currently Wang in mainland China [5] and Chen in Taiwan. [6]
Zhāng is a Chinese surname. According to a 2013 study it was the 122-most common surname, shared by 1,570,000 people or 0.120% of the population, with the province with the most people being Zhejiang. [1] It is the 40th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem. The surname written 章 in Chữ Nôm is clearly distinguished and written as Trang ...
It is the 7th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem. In 2006, Zheng ranked 21st in China's list of top 100 most common surnames. Zheng belongs to the second major group of ten surnames which makes up more than 10% of the Chinese population. [1] [2] [3] Zheng was a major surname of the rich and powerful during China's Tang dynasty. [4]
Cháng (/ tʃ ɑː ŋ /) [1] is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 常 (Cháng).It was listed 80th among the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames. "Chang" is also the Wade-Giles romanization of two Chinese surnames written Zhang in pinyin: one extremely common and written 張 in Traditional Chinese and 张 in Simplified Chinese, and another quite rare and written as 章 in both systems.
The term shi may be appended to the surname of a person; for example, a man with the Zhang surname may be referred to respectfully as Zhang-shi instead of his full name. It is used in particular for the paternal surname of a married woman, therefore in this case shi means maiden name , which a Chinese woman would continue to use after marriage.
As a surname, Chong may refer to: Hakka romanizations of the Chinese surnames Zhang (trad. 張, simp. 张), Zhang and Zhuang (t 莊, s 庄) Cantonese and Gan romanizations of the Chinese surnames Zhang (trad. 張, simp. 张) and Zhang ; a variant Minnan romanization of the Chinese surname Zheng (t 鄭, s 郑)
As of 2008, Zhuang is the 113th most common surname in mainland China, shared by 1.6 million people. [2] It has been ranked the 24th-most-common surname on Taiwan. [3] Zhuang is a rather uncommon name in the United States. It was ranked 53,245th during the 1990 census and 31,703rd in 2000. Chuang is more common, having been ranked 24,816th in ...