Zang (surname)

Zang (臧)
Pronunciation	Zāng (Mandarin)
Language(s)	Chinese
Origin
Language(s)	Old Chinese
Other names
Variant(s)	Tsang

Zang^[1] is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 臧 in Chinese character. It is romanized Tsang in Wade–Giles. It is listed 112th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.^[2] As of 2008, it is the 241st most common surname in China, shared by 310,000 people.^[3]

Notable people

• Zang Tu (died 202 BC), King of Yan of the Han dynasty
• Zang Gong (臧宫; died 58 AD), Eastern Han general, Marquis of Langling
• Zang Hong (臧洪; died 196), Eastern Han general
• Zang Ba (c. 162–230s), Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms general
• Zang Aiqin (臧愛親; 360–408), wife of Liu Yu, Emperor Wu of Liu Song
• Zang Zhi (臧质; 400–454), Liu Song general
• Zang Maoxun (1550–1620), Ming dynasty playwright
• Zang Shiyi (1884–1956), Republic of China Governor of Liaoning, politician of Manchukuo
• Zang Qifang (臧启芳; 1894–1961), Republic of China Mayor of Tianjin, President of Northeastern University
• Zang Kejia (1905–2004), poet
• Zang Boping (臧伯平; 1913–2005), President of Nankai University, Deputy Minister of Education
• Zang Yuyan (臧玉琰; 1923–2005), singer
• Zang Cailing (born 1954), football player and coach
• Zang Jinsheng (born 1959), actor
• Sheng Xue or Zang Xihong (born 1962), Chinese-Canadian writer
• Zang Tianshuo (born 1964), rock musician
• Zang Haili (born 1978), football player
• Zang Jialiang (born 1988), Olympic curler
• Zang Yifeng (born 1993), football player
• Zang Wenbo (born 1996), figure skater

References

1. The approximate English pronunciation is /zɑːŋ/.
2. "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-09-26.
3. 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 2014-09-26.