Surname Overview
A Rare Chinese Surname
The Chinese surname 尝 (traditional form 嘗), pronounced cháng, is described by this surname reference as rare and as being included in Zhongwen Dazidian.
Cháng Surname
Surname profileCháng / Ch'ang
Origins
Mengchang Lord Descent Tradition
The page cites Fengsu Tong as saying that the surname descended from Lord Mengchang of Qi and explains it as a surname adopted from his title. Its further affiliation is explicitly tentative, using wording equivalent to “should” and “or said,” and associating it with the Tian or Chen clan and the Gui lineage.
Non-Han Surname Attestation
The page explicitly lists a “non-Han surname” account and says that Xinan Yizhuan records the Dian king Chang Qiang. This supports only that the source presents it as a separate surname-origin account, not that it shares a lineage with the other traditions.
Migration and Distribution
Reported Distribution
The page reports the surname in Luxi, Yunnan; Yuyao, Zhejiang; and Taitung, Taiwan, among other places, but supplies no statistical year or population count.
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