# Jiang (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/jiang/  
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.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 19,409 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,849 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,907 people |
| Change since 2000 | +126% (8,582 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /dʒæŋ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 蔣 /蒋 (Jiǎng). Doublet of Chiang, Chiong, Chionh, and Kiang.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Jiang 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) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 98% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Jiang in the People's Republic of China, Qing dynasty, the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Jiang

- Jiang Lin, archer
- Weijia Jiang, American news correspondent (born 1983)
- Jiang Shuying, actress
- Chiang Ching-kuo, 6th and 7th President of Republic of China
- Tyias Browning, British-Chinese footballer (born 1994)
- Cheung Wing Fat, actor and stuntman
- John Chiang, American politician

## Similar surnames

Jang, Jing, Jones, James, Johns, Jung, Jaimes, Jonas, Janes, Jenks, Jaynes, Jeong.

## 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.