Trương

Trương

Chữ Hán for Trương
Pronunciation	[t͡ɕɨəŋ˧˧] or [ʈɨəŋ˧˧]
Language(s)	Vietnamese
Origin
Meaning	drawing a bow, archer, bowyer, a measure word
Other names
Variant form(s)	Chang, Zhang (Mandarin) Cheung (Hong Kong) Cheong (Macao, Malaysia) Tsan, Tsaon (Shanghai) Teo, Teoh (Hokkien, Teochew) Chong, Cheong (Hakka) Cheong (Gan) Trang (Vietnamese) Jang, Chang (장) (Korean)

Trương, or Truong outside Vietnam, is a Vietnamese surname formerly written as 張 in Chữ Nôm. It is derived from the Chinese surname Zhang (simplified Chinese: 张; traditional Chinese: 張; pinyin: Zhāng), among one of the most common surnames in China and Taiwan. According to the 2010 United States Census, Truong is the 903rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 38267 individuals. Truong is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (96.87%) individuals.

Origin and history[]

The Vietnamese surname Trương derives from the Chinese surname Zhang, both written in the Han script as 張. Zhang is the third most common Chinese surname in China and fourth in Taiwan.

List of people with the surname[]