Cháng () is the

pinyin Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means 'Han Chinese, Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''pinyin' ...

romanization In linguistics, romanization is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Latin script, Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and tra ...

of the

Chinese surname Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicization, Sinicized ethnic groups in Greater China, Korea, Vietnam and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, ...

(''Cháng''). It was listed 80th among the

Song A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usu ...

-era ''

Hundred Family Surnames The ''Hundred Family Surnames'' (), commonly known as ''Bai Jia Xing'', also translated as ''Hundreds of Chinese Surnames'', is a classic Chinese language , Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames. An unknown author compiled the book ...

''. "Chang" is also the Wade-Giles romanization of two Chinese surnames written

Zhang Zhang may refer to: Chinese culture, etc. * Zhang (surname) (張/张), common Chinese surname ** Zhang (surname 章), a rarer Chinese surname * Zhang County (漳县), of Dingxi, Gansu * Zhang River (漳河), a river flowing mainly in Henan * ''Zha ...

: one extremely common and written in

Traditional Chinese A tradition is a system of beliefs or behaviors (folk custom) passed down within a group of people or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examp ...

and in

Simplified Chinese Simplification, Simplify, or Simplified may refer to: Mathematics Simplification is the process of replacing a mathematical expression by an equivalent one that is simpler (usually shorter), according to a well-founded ordering. Examples include: ...

, and another quite rare and written as in both systems. There is also a rare case of in Hong Kong written as Chang as well. For full details on them, see the "

" and " Zheng" article. In

Macao Macau or Macao is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most densely populated region in the world. Formerly a Portuguese colony, the ter ...

, this is the spelling of the surname "

Zeng Zeng (, ) is a Chinese family name. In Cantonese, it is Tsang; In Wade–Giles, such as those in Taiwan, Tseng or Tzeng; in Malaysia and Singapore, Tsen, Chen or Cheng; in the Philippines, Chan; in Indonesia, Tjan; in Vietnam, Tăng. The surname ...

" . "Chang" is also a common spelling of the surname / ( Chen in Mandarin pinyin) in

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

Romanization

常 is romanized as Ch'ang in Wade-Giles, although the apostrophe is often omitted in practice. It is romanized as Soeng and Sheung in

Cantonese Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic language belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family. It originated in the city of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta. While th ...

; Seong and Siông in Minnan languages; and Sioh in Teochew. It is occasionally romanized Sōng and Thōng as well. It is the source of the

Vietnamese surname Traditional Vietnamese personal names generally consist of three parts, used in Personal name#Eastern name order, Eastern name order. * A family name (normally patrilineal, although matrilineality is possible, in cases such as divorce, children ...

Thường and the

Korean surname This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order. The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim (Korean name), Kim (), followed by Lee (Korean name), Lee () and Park (Korean surname), Park (). These three sur ...

romanized In linguistics, romanization is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and transcription, ...

as Sang (). It is also another Romanization of the Korean surname Jang. In Japanese, it is

as Jō.

Distribution

常 was unlisted among the most recent rankings of the 100 most common Chinese surnames in

mainland China "Mainland China", also referred to as "the Chinese mainland", is a Geopolitics, geopolitical term defined as the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War. In addit ...

and on

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

based on household registrations in 2007, although the Ministry of Public Security in 2008 listed it as the 87th most common surname in China based on its database of National Identity Cards, shared by at least 2.4 million Chinese citizens.中国最新300大姓排名（2008
tatistics on the number of citizens with each surname in China, based on records of National Identity Cards" 2009-01-06. Accessed 20 Jun 2015. It was the 94th-most-common surname during the

1982 Chinese census The 1982 Chinese census, officially the Third National Population Census of the People's Republic of China, was conducted by the People's Republic of China with a zero hour of 1 July 1982.Aird, John S.The Preparations for China's 1982 Census. ''Th ...

. is the third-most-common surname in

, making up 6.83% of the population of the People's Republic of China, although there it is officially rendered into the Latin alphabet as ''Zhang''.公安部统计：'王'成中国第一大姓有9288万人
ublic Security Bureau Statistics: 'Wang' Found China's #1 'Big Family', Includes 92.88m People" 24 Apr 2007. Accessed 27 Mar 2012. Its Traditional Chinese variant is the fourth-most-common surname in Taiwan, making up 5.26% of the population of the Republic of China.中华百家姓-千字文-国学经典-文化经典.
中国台湾姓氏排行
aiwan (China) Surname Ranking. 8 Jun 2010. Accessed 1 Apr 2012. "Chang" is a common Chinese surname in the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

, ranked 687th among all surnames during the 1990 census and 424th during the year 2000 census.

US Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The U.S. Census Bureau is part of the U ...

Public Broadcasting Service The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia Arlington County, or simply Arlington, is a County (United States), county in the ...

.
How Popular Is Your Last Name?
" Accessed 6 Apr 2012. It was ranked 11th among all surnames held by

Asians and Pacific Islanders Asian/Pacific American (APA) or Asian/Pacific Islander (API) or Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) or Asian American and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) is a term sometimes used in the United States when including both Asian ...

and 6th among all surnames held by

Chinese Americans Chinese Americans are Americans of Chinese ancestry. Chinese Americans constitute a subgroup of East Asian Americans which also constitute a subgroup of Asian Americans. Many Chinese Americans have ancestors from mainland China, Hong Kong ...

in 2000, well ahead of the pinyin variant "Zhang".

United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, econ ...

.
Genealogy Data: Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 2000
. 27 Sept 2011. Accessed 29 Mar 2012. "Chang" is a common surname in

, where it was adopted by Cantonese immigrants as a variant spelling of Chen (陈 or 陳).

Origin

The pronunciation of Chang in

Old Chinese Old Chinese, also called Archaic Chinese in older works, is the oldest attested stage of Chinese language, Chinese, and the ancestor of all modern varieties of Chinese. The earliest examples of Chinese are divinatory inscriptions on oracle bones ...

has been reconstructed as ''*daŋ''. Its original meaning was "constant" or "often". By the time of

Middle Chinese Middle Chinese (formerly known as Ancient Chinese) or the Qieyun system (QYS) is the historical variety of Chinese language, Chinese recorded in the ''Qieyun'', a rime dictionary first published in 601 and followed by several revised and expande ...

, the pronunciation had shifted to ''Dzyang''.Baxter, Wm. H. & Sagart, Laurent. '' '', p. 33. 2011. Accessed 11 October 2011.

Notable people with the surname Chang

; 張 and 张 *

Angela Chang Angela Zhang Shao-han (; born January 19, 1982), also known as Angela Chang, is a Taiwanese and Canadian singer and actress. Zhang gained recognition with the Taiwanese television dramas ''My MVP Valentine'' (2002) and ''At Dolphin Bay'' (20 ...

(born 1982), Taiwanese singer and actress. *

Chang Cheh Chang Cheh (; 10 February 1923 – 22 June 2002) was a Chinese people, Chinese filmmaker, screenwriter, lyricist and producer active in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Chang Cheh directed more than 90 films in Greater China, the majority of them wi ...

, Hong Kong film director *

Chang Chen-yue Ayal Komod (born 2 May 1974), better known by his stage name A-Yue or Chang Chen-yue (), is an aboriginal Taiwanese rock and Hip-Hop musician, songwriter, singer and guitarist, and the frontman of his band, Free Night, also known as Free9. He ...

or "A-Yue", Taiwanese rock musician. * Chang Ching-sen (born 1959), Governor of

Fujian Province Fujian is a province in southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefecture city by population is Qua ...

* Chang Fei or "Fei Ge", Taiwanese television personality. * Chang Jin-fu (born 1948), Governor of

Taiwan Province Taiwan Province ( zh, t=臺灣省 , p=Táiwān Shěng , poj=Tâi-oân-séng; PFS: ''Thòi-vàn-sén'' or ''Thòi-vân-sén'') is a ''de jure'' administrative division of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Provinces remain a titular division as ...

(2009–2010) *

Chang King-yuh Chang King-yuh (; born 27 April 1937) is a Taiwanese political scientist and lawyer. He was Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan from 28 February 1996 to 31 January 1999. Early life and education Chang was born in Ch ...

(born 1937), Minister of

Mainland Affairs Council The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) is a cabinet-level administrative agency under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The MAC is responsible for the planning, development, and implementation of the cross-strait relations p ...

of the Republic of China (1996–1999) * Chang Liang-jen (born 1946), Deputy Minister of

National Defense National security, or national defence (national defense in American English), is the security and defence of a sovereign state, including its citizens, economy, and institutions, which is regarded as a duty of government. Originally conceived ...

of the Republic of China (2008–2009) *

Chang Li-shan Chang Li-shan (; born 1 January 1964) is a Taiwanese politician. She served on the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2008, and again from 2016 to 2018, when she was elected magistrate of Yunlin County. Personal life and education Chang Li-shan att ...

(born 1964),

Magistrate The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. In ancient Rome, a '' magistratus'' was one of the highest ranking government officers, and possessed both judi ...

-elect of

Yunlin County Yunlin is a Counties of Taiwan, county in Regions of Taiwan, western Taiwan. Yunlin County borders the Taiwan Strait to the west, Nantou County to the east, Changhua County to the north at the Zhuoshui River, and Chiayi County to the south at th ...

* Cheng Mei-hwei (born 1949), Taiwanese pediatric hepatologist *

Chang San-cheng Chang San-cheng (; born 24 June 1954), also known by his English name Simon Chang, is a Taiwanese civil engineer, academic, and politician who has served as the mayor of Taoyuan City since 2022. He previously served as Premier of Taiwan from 1 ...

(born 1954),

Premier of the Republic of China The premier of the Republic of China, officially the premier of the Executive Yuan ( zh, 行政院院長), is the head of government of Taiwan and leader of the Executive Yuan. The premier is nominally the principal advisor to the President ...

(2016) * Chang Tzi-chin, Deputy Magistrate of

Taipei County New Taipei City is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality located in regions of Taiwan, northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 4,004,367 as of January 2023, making it the most populous city in Taiwan, a ...

(2005–2006) * Carl Chang, multiple people *

Chen Chung Chang Chen Chung Chang () was a mathematician who worked in model theory. He obtained his PhD from Berkeley in 1955 on "Cardinal and Ordinal Factorization of Relation Types" under Alfred Tarski. He wrote the standard text on model theory. Chang's co ...

(1927–2014), mathematician *

Deserts Chang Deserts Chang (; born 30 May 1981) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter. The widely recognized name Deserts Chang (張懸) was originally a pen name used during high school when she began writing poetry and submitting it to newspaper supplements. ...

, Taiwanese singer/songwriter. * Feiping Chang, Taiwanese-born Hong Kong socialite and fashion blogger * Edmond E-min Chang (born 1970),

Taiwanese American Taiwanese Americans (traditional Chinese, Chinese: 臺灣裔美國人; pinyin: ''Táiwān yì měiguó rén''; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ''Tâi-Bí-jîn'') are Americans of Taiwanese people, Taiwanese ancestry, including American-born descendants of migrant ...

former lawyer and current federal district judge for northern Illinois, appointed by President

Obama Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president in American history. Ob ...

in 2010 *

Eileen Chang Eileen Chang ( zh, t=張愛玲, s=张爱玲, first=t, w=Chang1 Ai4-ling2, p=Zhāng Àilíng；September 30, 1920 – September 8, 1995), also known as Chang Ai-ling or Zhang Ailing, or by her pen name Liang Jing (梁京), was a Chinese-born Am ...

(1920–1995), Chinese writer * Erchen Chang, Taiwanese chef * Eva Fong Chang (1897–1991), American artist *

Franklin Chang-Díaz Franklin Ramon Chang-Díaz (born April 5, 1950, San José, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican-American Mechanical engineering, mechanical engineer, physicist, and former NASA astronaut. He is the sole founder and CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company as wel ...

(born 1950) a former

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...

astronaut from

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

. * Chang Hui-mei or "

A-mei Kulilay Amit (; born 9 August 1972), better known by her stage name A-Mei, is a Taiwanese singer and record producer of Puyuma descent. Born as Amit Kulilay in eastern Taiwan, she made her debut in 1996. A leading figure of the Mandopop music ...

", aboriginal Taiwanese singer and occasional songwriter. *

Iris Chang Iris Shun-Ru Chang (traditional Chinese: 張純如; March 28, 1968November 9, 2004) was an American journalist, historian, and political activist. She is best known for her best-selling 1997 account of the Nanjing Massacre, ''The Rape of Nankin ...

(1968–2004), American historian and journalist * Jeff Chang, Taiwanese singer *

Jung Chang Jung Chang (, ; born 25 March 1952) is a Chinese-born British author. She is best known for her family autobiography ''Wild Swans'', selling over 10 million copies worldwide but Censorship in China, banned in the China, People's Republic of Ch ...

, Chinese writer and author of ''Wild Swans'' *

Chang Kai-chen Chang Kai-chen ( zh, t=張凱貞, p=Zhāng Kǎizhēn; ; born January 13, 1991), also known as Kelly Chang, is a Taiwanese former professional tennis player.https://www.wtatennis.com/players/313923/- Career Her father is Chang Chin-lai and mo ...

(born 1991), Taiwanese tennis player * Kathleen Chang, birth name of Kathy Change, a political activist who committed suicide by self-immolation at the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

in 1996 *

Katharine Chang Katharine Chang (; born 12 February 1953) is a Taiwanese diplomat. Education Chang obtained her bachelor's degree from the Department of Diplomacy of National Chengchi University. She then obtained her master's degree in international relation ...

, Chairperson of

Straits Exchange Foundation The Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF; ; often abbreviated as 海基會) is a semiofficial organization set up by the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to handle civil and business matters with the People's Republic of China (PRC). Th ...

* Chang King Hai Chinese international footballer in 1948 Olympics * Li Fung Chang, Taiwanese communications engineer *

Marcus Chang Marcus Chang (; born 28 May 1983) is a Taiwanese actor and singer-songwriter. He made his acting debut with the film '' Café. Waiting. Love'' (2014). He is best known for his leading roles in the television series '' Back to 1989'' (2016), '' ...

, Taiwanese actor and singer-songwriter * Michael Te-Pei Chang (born 1972),

Chinese American Chinese Americans are Americans of Chinese ancestry. Chinese Americans constitute a subgroup of East Asian Americans which also constitute a subgroup of Asian Americans. Many Chinese Americans have ancestors from mainland China, Hong Kong ...

tennis player * Peng Chun Chang (1892–1957), Chinese professor, philosopher, and playwright who played a pivotal role in drafting the

Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is an international document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly that enshrines the Human rights, rights and freedoms of all human beings. Drafted by a UN Drafting of the Universal D ...

Phil Chang Phil Chang (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chong Yí, born 30 April 1967) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, television presenter and actor. Education and career By the time he graduated from Feng Chia University in financial services, he was already known ...

, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and television personality *

Sarah Chang Sarah Chang (; born Young Joo Chang; December 10, 1980) is a Korean American classical violinist. Recognized as a child prodigy, she first played as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1989. She enrolled ...

(born 1985), Taiwanese-American actress * Shi-Kuo Chang, Taiwanese computer scientist and science fiction author * Sidney H. Chang (1934–2016), American historian * Stanley Chang (born 1982), Democratic member of the Hawaii State Senate *

Steve Chang Steve Chang is a Taiwanese businessman and the founder, chairman and former CEO of Trend Micro, the world's largest software security firm. He was named "Star of Asia" by the ''Business Week'' in 1999,Barnathan, J. (1999), 'The stars of Asia: 5 ...

(born 1954), Taiwanese businessman *

Tseng Chang Tseng Chang (; born Chang Ku-foo (); 18 May 1930 – 25 January 2021) was a Hong Kong people, Hong Kong actor and film director. He had an extensive career in Hong Kong cinema beginning in the 1950s until the mid-'90s, when he moved to Canada. ...

(1930–2021), Chinese American actor *

Victor Chang Victor Peter Chang (born Chang Yam Him; 21 November 1936 – 4 July 1991) was a Chinese-born Australian cardiac surgeon and a pioneer of modern heart transplantation in Australia. His murder in 1991 stunned Australia and is considered one of ...

(1936–1991), Chinese Australian cardiac surgeon *

Chang Yu-sheng Tom Chang Yu-sheng (; June 7, 1966 – November 12, 1997) was a Taiwanese pop vocalist, songwriter and record producer. Biography Chang was born in Magong, Penghu, Taiwan on June 7, 1966. His mother was Atayal and his father was a veteran of ...

(1966–1997), Taiwanese singer, composer, and producer ; 陳 and 陈 * José Antonio Chang, Peruvian politician.''

Xinhua News Agency Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: ),J. C. Wells: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed., for both British and American English or New China News Agency, is the official state news agency of the People's Republic of China. It is a ...

. 15 September 2010. Accessed 22 December 2016. ; 常 *

Chang Yuchun Chang Yuchun (常遇春, 1330 – 9 August 1369), courtesy name Boren (伯仁) and art name Yanheng (燕衡), was a Chinese military general of the Ming dynasty. He was a follower of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty, and ...

(1330–1369), a

Ming The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of China ruled by the Han people, t ...

general * Elliott Charng, representative of the

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

to Australia ; 章 * John Chiang, a Taiwanese politician formerly surnamed "Chang". ; Other/unknown * Ivan Miranda Chang, Peruvian tennis player. *

Meiyang Chang Meiyang Chang (born 6 October 1982) is an Indian actor, television host, singer and a dentist. He came to prominence as a contestant on the third season of the singing reality show '' Indian Idol'' in which he was among the five finalists. He ...

, Chinese Indian television artist ; Fictional characters * Chang, a henchman in the

James Bond The ''James Bond'' franchise focuses on James Bond (literary character), the titular character, a fictional Secret Intelligence Service, British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels ...

film '' Moonraker'' played by the Franco-Japanese aikido instructor

Toshiro Suga Toshirō Suga (born 22 August 1950) is a Japanese aikido instructor. He holds the rank of 7th dan Aikikai. Born in Tokyo, his aikido teachers included Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of the martial art, and Morihiro Saito. For many years, he tau ...

* Cho Chang, a character in the ''

Harry Potter ''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven Fantasy literature, fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young Magician (fantasy), wizard, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, and his friends ...

'' novels officially Sinified as (''Zhang Qiu''), sometimes alternately claimed by Cantonese Caos or even Korean Chos * Kenny Chang, a character played by Robert Hoang in the British web series ''

Corner Shop Show ''Corner Shop Show'' is a British comedy drama web series that premiered on YouTube in March 2014. The series is created by Islah Abdur-Rahman and consists of continuous episodes uploaded on his YouTube channel CornerShopShow, following the a ...

''. *

Leia Chang ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is a Canadian teen drama television programme, television series created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore. ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is the fourth entry of the ''Degrassi'' television franchise created b ...

, a character in the television show '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' played by the

Chinese Canadian Chinese Canadians are Canadians of full or partial Chinese people, Chinese ancestry, which includes both naturalized Chinese immigrants and Canadian-born Chinese. They comprise a subgroup of East Asian Canadians which is a further subgroup of ...

actress Judy Jiao *

Mike Chang Michael Robert Chang Jr. is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series ''Glee''. The character is portrayed by actor and dancer Harry Shum Jr., and has appeared on ''Glee'' since the fourth episode in the first season, " Pr ...

, a Chinese American character in the TV series ''Glee'', played by Chinese Latin American actor Harry Shum Junior * Michelle Chang, a part-Native-American, part-Chinese fighter in the video game franchise, ''

Tekken is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting games developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Namco). The franchise also includes film and print adaptations. The main games in the series follow the events ...

''. *

Julia Chang is a character in the ''Tekken'' series centered on fighting games by Bandai Namco. She was introduced in the original ''Tekken'' (1994) as a Chinese- Native American woman possessing a pendant capable of controlling evil powers. The pendant ...

, Michelle Chang's adopted daughter, a Native-American fighter and ecologist in the video game franchise, ''

''. * Tina Cohen-Chang, a Chinese American character in the TV series ''Glee'', played by

Korean-American Korean Americans () are Americans of full or partial Korean ethnic descent. While the broader term Overseas Korean in America () may refer to all ethnic Koreans residing in the United States, the specific designation of Korean American impli ...

actress

Jenna Ushkowitz Jenna Noelle Ushkowitz (; born April 28, 1986), Korean given name Min Ji (), is an American actress, singer, producer and podcast host. She is known for her performances in Broadway musicals such as ''The King and I'' and ''Waitress'' and in th ...

* Tony Chang, a character played by Michael Truong in the British web series ''

''. * Chang Chong-Chen, a character in ''

The Adventures of Tintin ''The Adventures of Tintin'' ( ) is a series of 24 comic albums created by Belgians, Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. By 2007, a c ...

'' series, inspired by

Hergé Georges Prosper Remi (; 22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé ( ; ), from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials ''RG'', was a Belgian comic strip artist. He is best known for creating ''The Adventures of T ...

's real-life friend

Zhang Chongren Zhang Chongren (27 September 1907 – 8 October 1998), also known as Chang Chong-jen, was a Chinese sculptor best remembered in Europe as a friend of Hergé, the Belgian cartoonist and creator of ''The Adventures of Tintin''. The two met ...

* Ben Chang, a character in the TV series ''

Community A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given g ...

'', played by actor

Ken Jeong Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong ( ; ; born July 13, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and physician. He rose to prominence for playing Leslie Chow in ''The Hangover'' film series (2009–2013) and Ben Chang in the NBC sitcom ''Community'' ...

* Manpukumaru Chang, a character from ''

Valkyrie Drive is a Japanese anime media franchise created by Marvelous, which was announced at the AnimeJapan convention in March 2015. The franchise consists of three projects; , an anime television series produced by Arms Corporation, which aired in Ja ...

- Bhikkhuni'' * Corki Chang and her father Mr. Chang, characters from ''

Make It Pop ''Make It Pop'' is a Canadian musical comedy series created by Thomas W. Lynch and Nick Cannon that aired on Nickelodeon from March 26, 2015 to August 20, 2016. The series stars Megan Lee, Louriza Tronco, Erika Tham, and Dale Whibley. ...

'' * The Chang family (Sid, Adelaide, Becca, and Stanley), a group of characters who mainly appear in '' The Casagrandes''

References

{{surname Chinese-language surnames Individual Chinese surnames

Romanization

Distribution

Origin

Notable people with the surname Chang

See also

References