Jiāng (surname 姜)


Jiang is one of the oldest Chinese surname, being one of the original xing surnames. It was one of the "Eight Great Xings of High Antiquity", along with Jī, Yáo, Yíng, Sì, Yún, Guī and Rèn, though some sources quote Jí as the last one instead of Rèn. Of these xing, only Jiang and Yao have survived in their original form to modern days as frequently occurring surnames. It is the 32nd surname listed in the Song dynasty-era Hundred Family Surnames poem. It is the 60th most common surname in China, roughly 0.34% of the Han Chinese population. The Lu clan of Fanyang stem from this surname before taking on the Lu surname.
Derivative surnames of Jiang include Zhang,
Lü,
Qiu, Shen., These originated:
Additionally, it is the most common Hanja that represents the Korean surname Kang.

Notable people named 姜