Cheung
For Korean last name, see Chung (Korean surname).
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
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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
- ↑ US Census Bureau. Op. cit. Public Broadcasting Service. "How Popular Is Your Last Name?" Accessed 6 Apr 2012.
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