Trương or Truong is a Vietnamese surname.
Individuals with the surname Trương make up approximately 2.2% of the population and rank eighth on the list of the most common surnames in Vietnam. They are primarily of
Kinh
The Vietnamese people (, ) or the Kinh people (), also known as the Viet people or the Viets, are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to modern-day northern Vietnam and southern China who speak Vietnamese, the most widely spoken Austroa ...
ethnicity (Vietnamese people) but also include people from the Chinese, Cham, Tho, and San Diu ethnic groups in Vietnam.
Origin
The Vietnamese surname Trương derives from the Chinese surname Zhang, both written in the
Han script as 張. Zhang is the third most common Chinese surname in China and fourth in Taiwan.
Notable people with the surname
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André Truong Trong Thi (1936–2005), Vietnamese-French engineer, called the "father of the personal computer"
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Doris Truong, president of the
Asian American Journalists Association
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Hieu C. Truong (born 1941), Vietnamese Canadian engineer
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Monique Truong (born 1968), writer
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Paul Truong (born 1965), American chess player, trainer, and organizer
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Trương Bửu Diệp (1897–1946), Vietnamese Catholic priest
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Trương Định
Trương Định (1820 – August 19, 1864), sometimes known as Trương Công Định, was a mandarin (bureaucrat), mandarin (scholar-official) in the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam under Emperor Tự Đức. He is best known for leading a gue ...
(1820–1864), Nguyễn Dynasty mandarin
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Trương Đình Dzu, lawyer and politician
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Trương Hòa Bình First Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
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Truong Dinh Tuyen, Minister of Trade of Vietnam
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Trương Gia Bình, businessman
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Trương Tấn Sang, former State President of Vietnam
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Trương Mỹ Hoa, former Vice State President of Vietnam
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Truong Ngoc Anh, Vietnamese model and actress
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Trương Như Tảng
Trương Như Tảng (14 November 1923 – 8 November 2005) was a South Vietnamese lawyer and politician. He was active in many anti-South Vietnam organizations before joining the newly created Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republi ...
, lawyer and politician
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Trương Tấn Bửu, general and official of the Nguyễn Dynasty
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Trương Văn Cam or Năm Cam, Vietnamese gangster
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Trương Vĩnh Ký (1837–1898), 19th century Vietnamese Catholic who served the French colonial regime
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Truong Vinh Trong, Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam
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Vietnamese-language surnames