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Zhang () is the pinyin romanization of the very common Chinese surname written in simplified characters and traditionally. It is spoken in the first tone: ''Zhāng''. It is a surname that exists in many languages and cultures, corresponding to the surname 'Archer' in English for example. It is also the pinyin romanization of the less-common surname (also ''Zhāng''). was listed 24th in the famous Song-era ''Hundred Family Surnames''. Today, it is one of the most common surnames in the world and was listed by the People's Republic of China's National Citizen ID Information System as the third-most-common surname in mainland China in April 2007, with 87.50 million bearers.〔Xinhua. "(公安部统计分析显示：王姓成为我国第一大姓 )." 〕〔''People's Daily''. "(Chinese Surname Shortage Sparks Rethink )."〕 A commonly cited but erroneous factoid in the 1990 Guinness Book of Records listed it as the world's most common surname,〔McFarlan, Donald. ''1990 Guinness Book of World Records''. Sterling Pub. Co., 2001. ISBN 189205101X.〕 but no comprehensive information from China was available at the time and more recent editions have not repeated the claim. ==Romanization== () and are also commonly romanized as Chang on Taiwan and among the Chinese diaspora using the older Wade-Giles system. Both are also romanized as Cheung in Hong Kong; Cheong in Macao and Malaysia; Teo and Teoh in Teochew; Chong in Hakka; Tsan and Tsaon among Wu Chinese varieties like Shanghainese; Tong in Gan; and Tiong in East Malaysia and the Philippines; and Tjong, Sutiono or Thiono in Indonesia. was the ''Chữ Nôm'' form of the Vietnamese surname Trương. The Hanja of the Korean surname romanized Jang and Chang (). It remains the Kanji for the Japanese surname romanized Chō. In Vietnamese, the surname written in ''Chữ Nôm'' is clearly distinguished and written as Trang or Chương. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zhang (surname)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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