Zang 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.^[1] As of 2008, it is the 241st most common surname in China, shared by 310,000 people, with the province with the most being Shandong.^[2]

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

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