Zheng

See also: zhēng, zhěng, and zhèng

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of Mandarin 鄭 / 郑 (Zhèng).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: jŭng

Proper noun

Zheng (plural Zhengs)

  1. A surname.
    • [2007 October 18, “Development of the Aboriginal Area”, in Chiayi County Government [嘉義縣政府全球資訊網]‎[2], archived from the original on 16 September 2016:
      The Cing Dynasty inherited the aboriginal policies of the Dutch colonist and the Jheng government in that it appointed “native officials” to rule themselves.]

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Zheng is the 1409th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 25242 individuals. Zheng is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (98.02%) individuals.

References

  1. ^ cf. Blunden, Caroline (1998), “Gazetteer”, in Cultural Atlas of China‎[1], Revised edition, Facts on File, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 232, 237: “Names in italics represent the Wade-Giles equivalent of the preceding Pinyin transcription. […] Zheng/Cheng see Zhengzhou”
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