Zhuang (surname)

Zhuang is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 庄 in simplified character and 莊 in traditional character. It is spoken in the first tone: Zhuāng.

Zhuang is listed 323rd in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. As of 2008, it is the 113th most common surname in China, shared by 1.6 million people.

Romanizations

Zhuang is romanized as Chuang in the Wade-Giles system still sometimes employed on Taiwan and among the Chinese diaspora. It is romanized Chong in Cantonese; Chng and Ching in Min Nan.

In Vietnamese, the surname formerly written as 莊 in Chữ Nôm is now written Trang; in Korean, the surname formerly written as 莊 in Hanja is now written 장 and romanized as Jang; in Japanese, the surname written 荘 in Kanji is romanized Shō.

Distribution

As of 2008, Zhuang is the 113th most common surname in mainland China, shared by 1.6 million people. It has been ranked the 24th-most-common surname on Taiwan.

Zhuang is a rather uncommon name in the United States. It was ranked 53,245th during the 1990 census and 31,703rd during the year 2000 one. Chuang is more common, having been ranked 24,816th in 1990 and 11,621st in 2000. The variant spellings Chong, Ching, and Tong are all much more common, but include other Chinese surnames as well.