Cheung is a
Cantonese romanization of several
Chinese surname
Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the ...
s, including the one written as in
Traditional characters and in
Simplified characters (
Jyutping: Zoeng1;
Pinyin: ''
Zhāng'';
Wade–Giles: Chang, Vietnamese: Trương), and the one written in both
Traditional characters and
Simplified characters as (zoeng1). Sometimes, () is also spelled as Cheung instead of Chiang/Jiang due to its Cantonese pronunciation.
It is a fairly common American surname, listed 3,672th during the
1990 US Census and 2,069th during the year
2000 US Census
The United States census of 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 cen ...
.
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List of people with the surname
;張 and 张
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Andrew Cheung, Hong Kong judge and jurist
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Cecilia Cheung
Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi (in Chinese 張栢芝, born 24 May 1980) is a Hong Kong actress and cantopop singer. Cheung is considered a " Sing girl"—an actress who first received media attention through starring alongside Stephen Chow, and later ...
, Hong Kong actress and singer
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Cheung Chi Doy, Hong Kong-born footballer who represented Republic of China (Taiwan)
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Cheung Chi Wai
Cheung Chi Wai (born 6 May 1946) is a former professional footballer who spent the 1968 season in the North American Soccer League, playing for the Vancouver Royals.
Born in Hong Kong, in the British Empire to ethnic Chinese parents, Cheung Ch ...
, Hong Kong-born footballer who represented Republic of China (Taiwan)
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Dicky Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer
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Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer
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Karin Anna Cheung
Karin Anna Cheung (born November 2, 1974) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, and artist.
Early life and education
Cheung was born on November 2, 1974 in Los Angeles, California. In 1998, she graduated from California State Universit ...
, American actress, singer, and songwriter
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Leslie Cheung (1956–2003), Hong Kong actor and musician
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Louis Cheung, Hong Kong actor, singer, and songwriter
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Maggie Cheung
Maggie Cheung Man-yuk (; born 20 September 1964) is a Hong Kong former actress. Raised in Hong Kong and Britain, she started her career after placing second in 1983's Miss Hong Kong Pageant. She achieved critical success in the late 1980s and in ...
, Hong Kong-British actress
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Margaret Chung (1889–1959), American physician
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Rachel Cheung (1991–), Hong Kong classical pianist
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Sharla Cheung or Cheung Man, Hong Kong actress
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Steven Ng-Sheong Cheung (1935–), Chinese economist
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Cheung Tat-ming (1964–), Hong Kong actor, comedian, director, and writer
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Teresa Cheung, Hong Kong singer
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Cheung Ka Long, Fencing
See also
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Zhang/Chang, for more about the surname within China
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Teoh, for general of Chinese people within Singapore, Malaysia and some other South-East Asia countries
References
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Chinese-language surnames
Multiple Chinese surnames