# Zhang (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/zhang/  
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 Chinese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 70,125 |
| US rank (2010) | 472 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,403 people |
| Change since 2000 | +111% (33,202 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒæŋ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Jhang, Chang |

## Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 張 /张 (Zhāng). Doublet of Truong.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Zhang 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) | 1.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 98% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Zhang in the United States, the People's Republic of China, Tang dynasty, Eastern Han, Song dynasty and Eastern Wu.

## People named Zhang

- Zhang Zhongjing, a physician and pharmacologist (150–219), hailed as medical sage, from Eastern Han Dynasty
- Zhang Zhiting, basketball player
- Caroline Zhang, American figure skater
- Beiwen Zhang, American badminton player
- Zhang Bao, 3rd century Chinese general serving Liu Bei
- Lily Zhang, American table tennis player
- Chelsea Zhang, American actress (born 1996)
- Zhang Zhijie, badminton player
- Zhang Sixun, 10th century Chinese astronomer and engineer
- Joseph Zhang Yinlin
- Zhang Da
- Zhang Zhibo, badminton player

and 7 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Zheng, Zhong, Zhuang, Zang, Zuniga, Zink, Zeng, Zemke, Zinke.

## 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.