Trương

Trương, or Truong outside Vietnam, is a fairly common Vietnamese surname formerly written as 張 in Chữ Nôm. It is derived from the very common Chinese surname Zhang (simplified Chinese: 张; traditional Chinese: 張; pinyin: Zhāng). According to the 2010 United States Census, Truong is the 903^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 38267 individuals. Truong is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (96.87%) individuals.

Trương

Chữ Hán for Trương
Pronunciation	[t͡ɕɨəŋ˧˧] or [ʈɨəŋ˧˧]
Language(s)	Vietnamese
Origin
Meaning	drawing a bow, archer, bowyer, a measure word
Other names
Variant form(s)	Chang, Zhang (Mandarin) Cheung (Hong Kong) Cheong (Macao, Malaysia) Tsan, Tsaon (Shanghai) Teo, Teoh (Hokkien, Teochew) Chong, Cheong (Hakka) Cheong (Gan) Trang (Vietnamese) Jang, Chang (장) (Korean)

Origin and history

The surname Trương derives from the Chinese surname Zhang, the third most common Chinese surname in China.

List of people with the surname

• Trương Bửu Diệp (1897-1946), Vietnamese Catholic priest.
• Trương Định (1820–64), Nguyễn Dynasty mandarin
• Trương Đình Dzũ, lawyer and politician
• Trương Hòa Bình First Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
• Truong Dinh Tuyen, Minister of Trade of Vietnam
• Trương Gia Bình, businessman
• Trương Tấn Sang, former State President of Vietnam
• Trương Mỹ Hoa, former Vice State President of Vietnam
• Truong Ngoc Anh, Vietnamese model and actress
• Trương Như Tảng, lawyer and politician
• Trương Tấn Bửu, general and official of the Nguyễn Dynasty
• Trương Văn Cam or Năm Cam, Vietnamese gangster
• Trương Vĩnh Ký (1837–1898), 19th century Vietnamese Catholic who served the French colonial regime
• Truong Vinh Trong, Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam
• André Truong Trong Thi (1936–2005), Vietnamese-French engineer, called the "father of the personal computer"
• Andy Truong (born 1996), Australian fashion designer
• Doris Truong, president of the Asian American Journalists Association
• Monique Truong, Writer