Jiang (Chinese: 姜, also romanized Gang, Geung, Gung, Chiang, Kang, Keung, Keong, Kiang) is one of the oldest
Chinese surnames, being one of the original xing (姓) surnames. It was one of the "
Eight Great Xings of High Antiquity" (
上古八大姓), along with
Jī (姬),
Yáo (姚),
Yíng (嬴),
Sì (姒), Yún (妘), Guī (媯) and Rèn (妊), though some sources quote
Jí (姞) 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 (2007), roughly 0.34%[when?] of the
Han Chinese population.[1] The
Lu clan of Fanyang stem from this surname before taking on the
Lu (盧) surname.
Derivative surnames of Jiang include
Zhang,[2]Lü,[3]Qiu,[4]Shen.,[5] These originated:
Jiang Boju (姜伯驹), Chinese mathematician specializes in
topology; expanded
Nielsen theory; professor and the first president of School of Mathematical Sciences at
Peking University
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