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    The surname Jiang

    A Chinese surname, carried by 19,409 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /dʒæŋ/ 1 syllable Soundex J520

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jiang is more common than 98.9% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

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

    One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 19,409 people named Jiang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,907 Americans. That is up 126% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,582.

    #1,849
    rank among US surnames
    19,409
    people in 2010
    6.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +126.2%
    change since 2000 (was #3,791)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,840Burger19,48015,849
    #1,841Toledo19,47415,854
    #1,842Lovett19,47115,857
    #1,843Gipson19,47015,858
    #1,844Arce19,46415,862
    #1,845Wiseman19,43915,883
    #1,846Dobson19,41915,899

    Who is named Jiang

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    98% of people named Jiang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 98%
    • White (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Jiangs

    7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jiang Lin
      Archer, born 1981
    • Weijia Jiang
      American news correspondent (born 1983)
    • Jiang Shuying
      Actress, born 1986
    • Chiang Ching-kuo
      6th and 7th President of Republic of China, 1910–1988
    • Tyias Browning
      British-Chinese footballer (born 1994)
    • Cheung Wing Fat
      Actor and stuntman, born 1954
    • John Chiang
      American politician, born 1962

    Notable Jiangs come mostly from the People's Republic of China (3), Qing dynasty (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Jiang

    Jiang has the Soundex code J520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J520.

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Jiang come from?
    From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 蔣 /蒋 (Jiǎng). Doublet of Chiang, Chiong, Chionh, and Kiang.
    How common is the surname Jiang?
    19,409 people in the United States had the surname Jiang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,907 Americans. It ranked 1,849th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Jiang?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Jiang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 0.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Jiang?
    Jiang Lin, archer, followed by Weijia Jiang.
    Where is the surname Jiang most common?
    Wikidata records people named Jiang in the People's Republic of China, Qing dynasty and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.
    How do you pronounce Jiang?
    Jiang is /dʒæŋ/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Jiang getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,582 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,409 in 2010, up 126%.