Distribution
As mentioned above, 张 is the third-most-common surname in mainland China, making up 6.83% of the population of the People's Republic of China. On Taiwan, 張 is the fourth-most-common surname, making up 5.26% of the population of the Republic of China. 章 was unlisted among the top 100 in either location.
Among the Chinese diaspora, the name remains common but takes on various romanizations. "Chong" is the 19th-most-common surname among Chinese Singaporeans; "Chang" is the 6th-most-common surname among Chinese Americans; and "Zhang" was the 7th-most-common particularly Chinese surname (i.e., excluding ethnically diverse surnames such as "Lee") found in a 2010 survey of Ontario's Registered Persons Database of Canadian health card recipients.
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