The Jiang surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 19,409 people carried this name — #1,849 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,200 people counted. That is up 126% from 8,582 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Jiang surname

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 蔣 /蒋 (Jiǎng).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Jiang» (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 464 people named Jiang 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 map

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 251
Buenos Aires Province 189
Córdoba 13
Entre Ríos 11

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

314 people named Jiang live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 104
Vaud 53
Geneva 41
Bern 17
Aargau 14
Basel-Landschaft 13
Basel-Stadt 11
Lucerne 10

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 141 people named Jiang 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

Brussels-Capital 40
Flemish Brabant 29
Antwerp 26
East Flanders 18
Hainaut 8
Liège 8
Luxembourg Province 7
Walloon Brabant 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 47 people named Jiang.

Most of them — 40 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 40
Seine-Saint-Denis 3
Hérault 2
Paris 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In national population registers

490 people named Jiang are counted in Sweden, Finland and Slovenia.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad. Slovenia counts its residents on 1 January 2026.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 436
Finland (2026) 33
Slovenia (2026) 21

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 · source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS), SiStat tables 05X1015S–05X1018S, family names of the population, 1 January 2026 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Jiang in American newspapers,
1893–1916.

Newspaper page from The Brinkley Argus carrying the name Jiang
The Brinkley Argus 1916-07-14
Newspaper page from The Worthington Advance carrying the name Jiang
The Worthington Advance 1893-06-22
Newspaper page from Omaha Daily Bee carrying the name Jiang
Omaha Daily Bee 1910-11-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 35 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Jiang in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1990s.

442 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Jiang. The most, 126, 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 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 163
ACT (Canberra) 88
Queensland 65
Victoria 62
South Australia 32
Western Australia 17
Tasmania 11

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

Who carried it

People named Jiang,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jiang Baoyi d. 655 · military personnel
  • Jiang Baoyi d. 619 · military personnel
  • Jiang Long d. 1545 · poet
  • Giang Sung d. -90 · politician
  • Jiang Hong d. 1512 · politician
  • An Ruzi d. -488 · politician

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

In the public record

People named Jiang,
in the records of 2 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 States3 records

3 records of the Jiang name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 1
  1. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Gen Eng Jiang

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Gulf War. Born 1972, died 1995; buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Jy Chuan Jiang

    Born 1915 in China. Registered as a foreign national in Washington, District Of Columbia, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Fat Jiang

    Born 1880 in China. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

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

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Jiang name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Shao-yu Jiang

    Died 1975; 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 Su Chiu Jiang

    Died 1985; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

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

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

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