Chang (surname)

Cháng (常)
Origin
Word/nameOld Chinese
Region of originChina
Other names
Derivative(s)Kristian, Sukma (Indonesian)

Cháng (/ɑːŋ/)[1] is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname (Cháng). It was listed 80th among the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames.

"Chang" is also the Wade-Giles romanization of two Chinese surnames written Zhang in pinyin: one extremely common and written in Traditional Chinese and in Simplified Chinese, and another quite rare and written as in both systems. There is also a rare case of in Hong Kong written as Chang as well. For full details on them, see the "Zhang" and "Zheng" article. In Macao, this is the spelling of the surname "Zeng" . "Chang" is also a common spelling of the surname / (Chen in Mandarin pinyin) in Peru.

  1. ^ "Chang". Collins English Dictionary.