Find out how popular the last name Chuang is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Chuang.

Chuang, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Chuang surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Chuang in America

Chuang is the 11998th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Chuang surname appeared 2,603 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Chuang.

We can also compare 2010 data for Chuang to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Chuang

The surname CHUANG originated in China and can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). It is a romanized version of the Chinese characters 莊 or 庄, which have various meanings such as "grand," "magnificent," or "honorable." The name is believed to have originated from a place name or an administrative division during the Tang period.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the CHUANG surname can be found in the "Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government," a historical text compiled during the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD). This work mentions several individuals with the CHUANG surname, including CHUANG Pu, a renowned scholar and official who lived during the Tang Dynasty.

During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD), the CHUANG surname was particularly prominent in the Zhejiang province of eastern China. Several notable individuals bore this surname, such as CHUANG Xuan (1494-1569), a renowned artist and calligrapher who served as a court painter under the Ming emperors.

Another distinguished bearer of the CHUANG surname was CHUANG Tingzhang (1639-1701), a celebrated Qing Dynasty scholar and philosopher who made significant contributions to the Neo-Confucian school of thought.

In the modern era, CHUANG Hsiang-Hsi (1900-1982) was a prominent Taiwanese botanist and academic who made significant contributions to the study of plant taxonomy and ecology.

CHUANG Tzu (369-286 BC), also known as Zhuangzi, was an influential Chinese philosopher and writer who is renowned for his work titled "Zhuangzi," which is considered one of the foundational texts of Taoism and Chinese philosophy.

While the CHUANG surname has its roots in China, it has since spread to other parts of the world due to migration and diaspora communities. However, its origins can be traced back to the ancient Chinese civilization, where it carried connotations of grandeur and honor.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Chuang

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Chuang.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Chuang was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Chuang has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Chuang was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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