How common is the surname Zhang?

70,125 people in the United States had the surname Zhang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,403 Americans. It ranked 472nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Zhang?

Zhang Zhongjing, a physician and pharmacologist (150–219), hailed as medical sage, from Eastern Han Dynasty, followed by Zhang Zhiting.

Where is the surname Zhang most common?

Wikidata records people named Zhang in the United States, the People's Republic of China and Tang dynasty and 3 other countries.

How do you pronounce Zhang?

Zhang is /d͡ʒæŋ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Zhang getting more or less common?

More common. 33,202 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 70,125 in 2010, up 111%.

The surname Zhang

A Chinese surname, carried by 70,125 people in the United States.

Pronounced /d͡ʒæŋ/ 1 syllable Soundex Z520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zhang is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

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

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 70,125 people named Zhang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,403 Americans. That is up 111% since 2000, when the Census counted 33,202.

#472

rank among US surnames

70,125

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+111.2%

change since 2000 (was #963)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#463	Mullins	71,646	4,309
#464	Castaneda	71,368	4,326
#465	Malone	71,286	4,331
#466	Cannon	71,085	4,343
#467	Tate	71,058	4,345
#468	Mack	71,056	4,345
#469	Sherman	70,502	4,379

Who is named Zhang

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

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

Asian and Pacific Islander 98%
White (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Two or more races 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.0%

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

Famous Zhangs

19 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Zhang Zhongjing
A physician and pharmacologist (150–219), hailed as medical sage, from Eastern Han Dynasty
Zhang Zhiting
Basketball player, born 1995
Caroline Zhang
American figure skater, born 1993
Beiwen Zhang
American badminton player, born 1990
Zhang Bao
3rd century Chinese general serving Liu Bei, 200–300
Lily Zhang
American table tennis player, born 1996
Chelsea Zhang
American actress (born 1996)
Zhang Zhijie
Badminton player, 2007–2024
Zhang Sixun
10th century Chinese astronomer and engineer, born 1050
Joseph Zhang Yinlin
born 1971
Zhang Da
Zhang Zhibo
Badminton player, born 1982

Notable Zhangs come mostly from the United States (6), the People's Republic of China (5) and Tang dynasty (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Jhang
Chang

Surnames that sound like Zhang

Zhang has the Soundex code Z520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z520.

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Zhang come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 張 /张 (Zhāng). Doublet of Truong.
How common is the surname Zhang?: 70,125 people in the United States had the surname Zhang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,403 Americans. It ranked 472nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zhang?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Zhang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Zhang?: Zhang Zhongjing, a physician and pharmacologist (150–219), hailed as medical sage, from Eastern Han Dynasty, followed by Zhang Zhiting.
Where is the surname Zhang most common?: Wikidata records people named Zhang in the United States, the People's Republic of China and Tang dynasty and 3 other countries.
How do you pronounce Zhang?: Zhang is /d͡ʒæŋ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Zhang getting more or less common?: More common. 33,202 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 70,125 in 2010, up 111%.
What are other spellings of Zhang?: Jhang and Chang.