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Zhang (surname)
Summary
Zhang (AUDZh-zhāng.oggzhang1) is the third most common surname in China and Taiwan (commonly spelled as "Chang" in Taiwan), and it is one of the most common surnames in the world. Zhang is the pinyin romanization of the very common Chinese surname written in simplified characters and in traditional characters. It is spoken in the first tone: Zhāng. It is a surname that exists in many languages and cultures, corresponding to the surname 'Archer' in English for example. In the Wade-Giles system of romanization, it is romanized as "Chang", which is commonly used in Taiwan; "Cheung" is commonly used in Hong Kong as romanization.
It is also the pinyin romanization of the less-common surnames (Zhāng), which is the 40th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem. There is the even-less common (Zhǎng).
張 was listed 24th in the famous Song-era Hundred Family Surnames, contained in the verse 何呂施張 (He Lü Shi Zhang).
Today, it is one of the most common surnames in the world at over 100 million people worldwide.
張 was listed by the People's Republic of China's National Citizen ID Information System as the third-most-common surname in mainland China in April 2007, with 87.50 million bearers.
A commonly cited but erroneous factoid in the 1990 Guinness Book of Records listed it as the world's most common surname, but no comprehensive information from China was available at the time and more recent editions have not repeated the claim.
張 (张) is also sometimes romanized as:
Chang in Taiwan and among the Chinese diaspora using older romanization systems. However, Zhang has been the official first-recommended translation for 張 in Taiwan since 2017.
Cheung in Cantonese; Cheong in Macao and Malaysia;
Teo and Teoh in Hokkien and Teochew;
Chong and Cheong in Hakka;
Tsan and Tsaon among Wu Chinese varieties like Shanghainese;
Cheong in Gan; and Tiong in Eastern Min and the Philippines; and
Tjong, Sutiono or Tiono in Indonesia.
張 is the Hanja of the Korean surname romanized Jang and Chang ().
張 remains the Kanji for the Japanese surname romanized Chō.
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