# Chiang (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/chiang/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Mandarin; variant form Jiang.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,841 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,022 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 34,922 people |
| Change since 2000 | +21% (7,290 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 江 (Jiāng), "river", particularly the "Yangtze River".

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chiang in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 2.4% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 90% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Chiang in the United States.

## People named Chiang

- Ted Chiang, American science fiction writer

## Similar surnames

Chang, Chung, Cheng, Cheung, Chong, Ching, Chuang, Cheong, Chuong, Chiong, Chance, Chancy.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.