Zhang is one of the surnames of Han nationality, ranking 24th among hundreds of surnames. Zhang is the third surname, accounting for 7.07% of the country's total population. Zhang is one of the top ten Chinese surnames in the world. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Jin was the most important area in Zhang's development history, and the "Jieyi" in Hedong was an important gathering place and birthplace of Zhang, which was located on the east bank of the Yellow River west of Linyi, Shanxi in ancient times.
Because in Mandarin and many Chinese dialects, Zhang's pronunciation is similar to other surnames (Zhang surname, surnamed tang, etc.). ), for example, in Guangzhou dialect, Zhang's surname is pronounced the same as Zhang's. In order to distinguish clearly, Zhang emphasized "bow length".
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In the Song Dynasty, there were about 4.9 million people surnamed Zhang, accounting for 6.3% of the national population, and it was the third largest surname in the Song Dynasty. The province with Zhang surname is Shandong province. The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Shandong and Henan provinces, accounting for 27.7% of Zhang's total population, followed by Sichuan, Hebei, Shaanxi, Hunan, Hubei, Shanxi, Gansu, Jiangxi and other provinces, with a concentration of 54.5%.
During the Ming Dynasty, there were about 5.6 million people surnamed Zhang, accounting for about 6% of the national population, and it was the second largest surname in the Ming Dynasty. The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, accounting for about 36% of Zhang's population. Jiangsu Province has become the largest province in Zhang. Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Jiangsu in the south and Shanxi, Shandong, Hebei, Henan and Shaanxi in the north have been formed in China.
Since the Song Dynasty, Zhang's population growth rate has been on the rise from 1000. The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Henan, Shandong, Hebei and other provinces, accounting for about 27.5% of Zhang's total population, followed by Jiangsu, Sichuan, Anhui, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Hubei and other provinces, with a concentration of 28.5%.
Henan is 10. 1% of Zhang's total population, and it is the largest province in contemporary Zhang. The country has formed a high-grade northern Zhang surname area and a low-grade southern Zhang surname area bounded by the Yangtze River. The whole country has formed a population gathering center in North China, Northwest China and Central Plains named Zhang.
Baidu encyclopedia-Zhang surname