Cheung

Cheung is a Cantonese romanization of several Chinese surnames, including the one written as 張 in Traditional characters and 张 in Simplified characters (Jyutping: Zoeng1; Pinyin: Zhāng; Wade–Giles: Chang), and the one written in both Traditional characters and Simplified characters as 章. Sometimes, 蔣 (蒋) is also spelled as Cheung instead of Chiang/Jiang due to its Cantonese pronunciation.

It is a fairly common American surname, listed 3,672th during the 1990 US Census and 2,069th during the year 2000 US Census.^[1]

It is also used to represent the word 長, which has a different pronunciation, as in Cheung Kong Holdings.

List of people with the surname

張 and 张

Cecilia Cheung, Hong Kong actress and singer Dicky Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer Karin Anna Cheung, American actress, singer, and songwriter Leslie Cheung (1956–2003), Hong Kong actor and musician Louis Cheung, Hong Kong actor, singer, and songwriter

Maggie Cheung, Hong Kong actress Rachel Cheung (1991–), Hong Kong classical pianist Sharla Cheung or Cheung Man, Hong Kong actress Steven Ng-Sheong Cheung (1935–), Chinese economist Cheung Tat-ming (1964–), Hong Kong actor, comedian, director, and writer Teresa Cheung, Hong Kong singer Charlie Chung (1903-1998), Chinese-American golfer Vincent Cheung, American apologist, actually lives in Boston, USA

See also

• Zhang/Chang, for more about the surname within China and Taiwan
• Teoh, for general of Chinese people within Singapore, Malaysia and some other South-East Asia countries

References

1. US Census Bureau. Op. cit. Public Broadcasting Service. "How Popular Is Your Last Name?" Accessed 6 Apr 2012.