Zhāng
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Zhāng is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Hong Kong it is the 18th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Hanyu Pinyin reading of 傽.
- CNChina≈1 in 73(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 749
- TWTaiwan≈1 in 928
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Zhāng itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #552 (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 491 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 73 (inferred from the name graph)
≈19,000,000 people, est.
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
China, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Zhang in US United States, CN China, AU Australia and 3 more and Chang in TW Taiwan.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 傽
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Zhāng counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | #227 | ≈19,000,000 est. | ≈1 in 73 | — | Zhang | 275 |
| US United States | #287 | 81,939as Chang | 1 in 4.1K | 122K | Zhang | 491 |
| HK Hong Kong | #18 | ≈50,000 est. | ≈1 in 146 | — | Zhang | 130 |
| TW Taiwan | #96 | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 928 | — | Chang | 235 |
| AU Australia | #44 | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Zhang | 262 |
| ES Spain | — | 13,201 | 1 in 3.8K | 13K | Zhang | 105 |
| SG Singapore | #24 | ≈8,300 est. | ≈1 in 749 | — | Zhang | 142 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Zhang Qianb. 200CNimperial envoy to the world outside of China in the 2nd century BC
- Jang Sung-taekb. 1946KPnot in their usual nameNorth Korean government official (1946–2013)
- Zhang Yimoub. 1950CNChinese filmmaker
- Yitang Zhangb. 1955CNChinese-born American mathematician
- Leslie Cheungb. 1956CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong singer and actor (1956–2003)
- Maggie Cheungb. 1964GBnot in their usual nameHong Kong actress
- Michael Changb. 1972USnot in their usual nameAmerican tennis player (born 1972)
- Chang Chenb. 1976TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actor
- Zhang Ziyib. 1979CNChinese actress and model
- Meng'er Zhangb. 1987CNChinese actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Zhāng mean, and where does it come from?
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 傽 Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Zhāng have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 19 million people named Zhāng in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zhang.
- How common is the name Zhāng?
- In Spain, the national register counted 13,201 people named Zhāng, about 1 in 3.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Zhāng compared with other names?
- In China, Zhāng is the 227th most common surname of 142,871 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/zh%C4%81ngThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Zhāng” — the 227th most common surname in China. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.