Jiang Surname
Approximately 16,530,844 people bear this surname
Jiang Surname User-submission:
Jiang is a Chinese surname, which has two meanings. It comes either from 江, meaning 'large river', or from 姜, meaning 'ginger'.
Jiang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 16,172,683 | 1:85 | 20 |
| Taiwan | 270,274 | 1:87 | 21 |
| Thailand | 22,465 | 1:3,144 | 66 |
| United States | 19,577 | 1:18,515 | 2,329 |
| Singapore | 11,162 | 1:493 | 77 |
| Hong Kong | 9,136 | 1:803 | 102 |
| Canada | 5,474 | 1:6,731 | 988 |
| Spain | 4,340 | 1:10,772 | 1,255 |
| Australia | 3,576 | 1:7,549 | 1,123 |
| Macau | 1,814 | 1:332 | 84 |
| England | 1,187 | 1:46,940 | 5,903 |
| United Arab Emirates | 882 | 1:10,388 | 1,300 |
| France | 778 | 1:85,376 | 12,145 |
| Japan | 771 | 1:165,816 | 8,106 |
| Malaysia | 648 | 1:45,516 | 3,638 |
| Germany | 622 | 1:129,430 | 15,761 |
| New Zealand | 601 | 1:7,535 | 1,286 |
| Ecuador | 598 | 1:26,598 | 3,432 |
| Saudi Arabia | 517 | 1:59,682 | 8,852 |
| Netherlands | 345 | 1:48,948 | 8,384 |
| Italy | 331 | 1:184,763 | 27,357 |
| Brazil | 320 | 1:668,982 | 24,697 |
| Sweden | 317 | 1:31,062 | 2,540 |
| Suriname | 268 | 1:2,062 | 266 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Tonga | 245 | 1:438 | 116 |
| Indonesia | 128 | 1:1,033,197 | 75,404 |
| Belgium | 89 | 1:129,176 | 18,730 |
| Switzerland | 85 | 1:96,623 | 10,422 |
| Denmark | 82 | 1:68,838 | 6,869 |
| Ireland | 77 | 1:61,155 | 4,068 |
| Scotland | 74 | 1:72,349 | 5,525 |
| South Africa | 67 | 1:808,622 | 54,680 |
| Finland | 64 | 1:85,886 | 9,144 |
| Qatar | 56 | 1:42,107 | 4,399 |
| Russia | 55 | 1:2,620,419 | 149,158 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| Norway | 49 | 1:104,945 | 14,093 |
| Iran | 45 | 1:1,706,278 | 64,723 |
| Luxembourg | 43 | 1:13,501 | 2,808 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| South Korea | 38 | 1:1,348,428 | 368 |
| Guam | 37 | 1:4,328 | 556 |
| Myanmar | 36 | 1:1,442,722 | 585 |
| Greece | 35 | 1:316,565 | 45,415 |
| Panama | 35 | 1:111,779 | 4,120 |
| Wales | 35 | 1:88,415 | 7,250 |
| Austria | 29 | 1:293,636 | 33,260 |
| Chile | 26 | 1:677,557 | 15,745 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Belize | 22 | 1:16,158 | 1,623 |
| Philippines | 21 | 1:4,820,868 | 168,058 |
| Argentina | 18 | 1:2,374,634 | 110,716 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Mexico | 16 | 1:7,757,888 | 35,569 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Peru | 12 | 1:2,648,677 | 28,015 |
| Vietnam | 11 | 1:8,422,369 | 2,636 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Costa Rica | 9 | 1:531,119 | 4,381 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Samoa | 9 | 1:21,534 | 479 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Colombia | 6 | 1:7,962,345 | 23,614 |
| Slovenia | 6 | 1:414,612 | 18,975 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 1:3,097,429 | 8,690 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1:749,109 | 21,598 |
| Guyana | 5 | 1:152,444 | 9,017 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Honduras | 4 | 1:2,204,110 | 6,397 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Bhutan | 2 | 1:308,020 | 1,264 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Jiang (15,957) may also be a first name.
Jiang Surname Meaning
Jiang Demographics
Average Jiang Salary in
United States
$47,012 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jiang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jiang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jiang is found in China more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jiang? popularity and diffusion
It is the 28th most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 441 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Jiang live; 100 percent live in East Asia and 100 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Jiang is also the 44,504th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 15,957 people.
It is most numerous in China, where it is borne by 16,172,683 people, or 1 in 85. Apart from China this last name is found in 133 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 2 percent reside and Thailand, where 0 percent reside.
Jiang Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Jiang surname are 10.02% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.25% being registered with the political party.
The amount Jiang earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 70.57% less than the national average, earning €8,838 per year; in Norway they earn 1.82% less than the national average, earning 339,782 kr per year; in Peru they earn 62.18% more than the national average, earning S/. 31,439 per year; in South Africa they earn 14.46% more than the national average, earning R 271,992 per year; in United States they earn 8.95% more than the national average, earning $47,012 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.35% more than the national average, earning $52,836 CAD per year.
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