The Zhang surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 70,125 people carried this name — #472 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,210 people counted. That is up 111% from 33,202 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Zhang surname
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 張 /张 (Zhāng).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Zhang» (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 2,097 people named Zhang 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
1,509 people named Zhang live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 1,118 people named Zhang 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 282 people named Zhang.
Most of them — 267 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Paris.
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 Poland’s population register
128 people named Zhang have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,891 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
3,254 people named Zhang are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. 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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Zhang in American newspapers,
1876–1940.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 88 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Zhang,
with a public archive behind them.
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Zhang Qian -19–-11 · politician -
Zhang Daoling 34–156 · philosopher -
Zhang Fei 167–221 · military personnel -
Zhang He 167–231 · military officer -
Zhang Liao 169–222 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 148 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zhang.
- Zentz 1,121 · U.S. census
- Zephir 365 · U.S. census
- Zepp 1,527 · U.S. census
- Zerafa 147 · U.S. census
- Zerbini 144 · U.S. census
- Zerr 1,534 · U.S. census
- Zhao 22,301 · U.S. census
- Zheng 25,242 · U.S. census
- Zhou 23,437 · U.S. census
- Zhu 21,265 · U.S. census
- Ziad 159 · U.S. census
- Zieba 781 · U.S. census
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