The Chiang surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,841 people carried this name — #4,022 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,300 people counted. That is up 21% from 7,290 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Chiang surname

A surname from Mandarin; variant form Jiang.

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 江 (Jiāng), "river", particularly the "Yangtze River".

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Chiang» (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 127 people named Chiang 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 95
Buenos Aires Province 32

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

27 people named Chiang live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 15
Bern 4
Basel-Landschaft 4
Vaud 4

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 the Nordic population registers

34 people named Chiang is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 34

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).

In print

Chiang in American newspapers,
1912–1925.

Newspaper page from The Daily Worker carrying the name Chiang
The Daily Worker 1925-10-09
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Chiang
New-york Tribune 1912-12-01
Newspaper page from Springfield Weekly Republican carrying the name Chiang
Springfield Weekly Republican 1913-03-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Chiang in Australian newspapers,
1910s–2000s.

520 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Chiang. The most, 187, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Australian Capital Territory, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 129
Queensland 103
ACT (Canberra) 100
Victoria 49
Western Australia 44
South Australia 29
Tasmania 28
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Chiang.

Who carried it

People named Chiang,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jack Chiang 1901– · journalist
  • Grace Chiang 1906–2012 · actor
  • Chin Long Chiang 1914–2014 · professor
  • Chin Long Chiang 1914–2014 · professor
  • Chin Long Chiang 1915–2014 · professor
  • Chin Long Chiang 1915–2014 · professor

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Chiang,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States124 records

124 records of the Chiang name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 115
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 2
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Cheang S. Chiang

    Born 1900. Enlisted 1946 at Sioux Falls, South Dakota; file clerk from South Dakota.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Elton Shiu Kee Chiang

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Gulf War. Born 1956, died 1997; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Chu-Sheng Chiang

    Born 1923 in China. Entered the United States at San Francisco in 1947. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 124 records for Chiang in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Chiang name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Suey Chung Chiang

    Died 1937; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Pao Lee Chao Chiang

    Buried in 1989 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Foong Yip Thang Chiang

    Died 1980; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 4 records for Chiang in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

France3 records

3 records of the Chiang name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Ting Yvan Chiang

    Born 1933 in China; died 1998 in Molières-sur-Cèze (Gard).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Huan Kuang Chiang

    Born 1934 in China; died 1995 in Maubeuge (Nord).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Chiang in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Chiang name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 1
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Yen Chieh Chiang

    Died 1971 in Meppel; born 1906 in Fu Jing (China); "restauranthouder".

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register San Yen Chiang

    In the population register of Helmond; born 1902 in TschÚ-Kiang (China).

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Eindhoven (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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