Jiang (surname)

See also: Kang, Lü (surname), and Yú (Yeo)

Jiang can be a pinyin transliteration of one of several Chinese surnames:

1. 蔣 (traditional) or 蒋 (simplified), Jiǎng (Vietnamese: Tưởng)
2. 姜, Jiāng (Vietnamese: Khương), Kang(Korean)
3. 江, Jiāng (Vietnamese: Giang), Kong (Guangdong or Hakka), Kang (Hokkien)

Branches

Branches of surname Jiangs include Zhang, Lü, Qiu and Shen.

Origin of 姜

• Jiang(姜) from Lü (surname) Jiang (姜) clan from Yan
• Jiang(姜) from surname Hwan (桓)
• Jiang(姜) from (Yo) Yao people (瑶族)
• Jiang(姜) from Yi people (彝族)
• Jiang(姜) from (Kum) Jin Man people (今满族)
• Jiang(姜) from Dong people (侗族)
• Jiang(姜) from mongol people (蒙古族)
• Jiang(姜) from Tujia people (土家族)
• Jiang(姜) from Bonan people (保安族)
• Jiang(姜) from Bai people (白族)
• Jiang(姜) from Eluosizu people (俄罗斯族) of Russians in China
• Jiang(姜) from Xianbei people (朝鲜族)

Notable people surnamed 江

Main article: Jiang (江) (surname)

• Jiang Qing (江青), the third wife of Mao Zedong (real name: Li Yunhe 李云鹤)
• Jiang Zemin, PRC leader
• March Kong Fong Eu (江月桂), first Asian American woman elected to state constitutional office in US
• Jiang Yu Chen (江語晨), Taiwanese pop singer
• Jiang Zhujiu, Chinese Go player
• Leslie Kong Chinese Jamaican record producer - Jamaica W.I.

Notable people surnamed 蔣/蒋/장

• Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Republic of China, Director General of the Kuomintang
• Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China, Chairman of the Kuomingtang
• Chiang Wei-kuo, adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek and Republic of China politician
• Chiang Wei-shui, Taiwanese colonial resistance movement advocate
• Jiang Bingzhi, author better known as Ding Ling
• Jiang Menglin, Chinese educator
• Jiang Tingxi, painter
• Jiang Wan, Shu Han official
• Jiang Yanyong, Chinese physician
• Jiang Ying (musician) (born 1919), Chinese singer

Notable people surnamed 姜/강

• Jiang Ziya, Zhou dynasty
• Jiang Kui, composer
• Jiang Wei, general of Shu-Han
• Jiang Wen, actor and director (brother of Jiang Wu)
• Jiang Wu, actor (brother of Jiang Wen)