The Chang surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 81,939 people carried this name — #391 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,600 people counted. That is up 17% from 69,756 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Chang surname
From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin 張／张 (Zhāng) Wade-Giles romanization: Chang¹.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Chang» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 764 people named Chang live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
295 people named Chang live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 151 people named Chang.
Most of them — 118 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often French Polynesia.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 87 people named Chang live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
322 people named Chang are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Chang in American newspapers,
1896–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 342,353 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Chang,
with a public archive behind them.
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Chang Xu d. 266 · politician
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Chang Xu d. 266 · politician
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Tongjia Changqing d. 1793 · politician
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Ting Chang d. 2025 · researcher
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Chang Run d. 1585 · Buddhist monk
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Chang Mao d. 1391
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chang.
- Chancy 1,010 · U.S. census
- Chandler 79,186 · U.S. census
- Chane 204 · U.S. census
- Chanel 137 · U.S. census
- Chaney 33,201 · U.S. census
- Chanez 289 · U.S. census
- Chanon 159 · U.S. census
- Chanson 108 · U.S. census
- Chantry 343 · U.S. census
- Chao 10,398 · U.S. census
- Chaon 143 · U.S. census
- Chap 554 · U.S. census
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