Trương

Trương, or Truong outside Vietnam, is a fairly common Vietnamese surname formerly written as in Chữ Nôm. It is derived from the very common Chinese surname Zhang (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Zhāng). According to the 2010 United States Census, Truong is the 903rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 38267 individuals. Truong is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (96.87%) individuals.

Trương
Chữ Hán for Trương
Pronunciation[t͡ɕɨəŋ˧˧] or [ʈɨəŋ˧˧]
Language(s)Vietnamese
Origin
Meaningdrawing a bow, archer, bowyer, a measure word
Other names
Variant form(s)Chang, Zhang (Mandarin)
Cheung (Hong Kong)
Cheong (Macao, Malaysia)
Tsan, Tsaon (Shanghai)
Teo, Teoh (Hokkien, Teochew)
Chong, Cheong (Hakka)
Cheong (Gan)
Trang (Vietnamese)
Jang, Chang () (Korean)

Origin and history

The surname Trương derives from the Chinese surname Zhang, the third most common Chinese surname in China.

List of people with the surname

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