Zhuang (surname)

Zhuang
RomanizationZhuāng (Mandarin)

Zong (Cantonese)
Chong, Zong (Hakka)

Chng, Chong (Hokkien)
Language(s)Chinese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
MeaningDignified, grave
Other names
Variant form(s)Trang (Vietnamese)

Jang (Korean)

Shō (Japanese)
Derivative(s)Budiman, Dozan, Juanda, Juandi, Mercubuwono (Chinese Indonesian)
See alsoYan (surname 嚴)

Zhuang is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Traditional Chinese and in Simplified Chinese. It is usually romanized as "Chuang" in Taiwan in the Wade-Giles system. It is spoken in the first tone: Zhuāng.

Zhuang is listed 323rd in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] As of 2008, it is the 113th most common surname in China, shared by 1.6 million people.[2]

  1. ^ 百家姓 [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
  2. ^ 中国最新300大姓排名(2008) [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-09-25.