How Many People Are Named Shang Zhang?

There are approximately 1 people named Shang Zhang living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Shang with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Zhang. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1 in 342,754,338 Americans

Combination Rarity

Very Rare

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Shang

Last Name

Zhang

Shang: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Shang. The peak year was 1973 with 7 births. The average person named Shang today is 47 years old.

Ancestry of the First Name Shang

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Shang in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Shang rose or fell over time.

White

7.01%

Black

3.93%

Hispanic

1.82%

Asian/Pacific Islander

86.26%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.42%

Two or More Races

0.56%

Ancestry of the Zhang Surname

The surname Zhang was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Asian and Pacific Islander in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Zhang in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

2.39%

Black

0.51%

Hispanic

0.28%

Asian/Pacific Islander

96.23%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.02%

Two or More Races

0.57%

How we calculated this

The first name "Shang" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Zhang" appears at a rate of 40.83 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Shang are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Shang

Shang Williams Shang Johnson Shang Smith Shang Garcia Shang Brown Shang Jones

Other people with the surname Zhang

Michael Zhang James Zhang John Zhang David Zhang Robert Zhang William Zhang Anthony Zhang Dallas Zhang

Shang Zhang: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Shang Zhang?

We estimate approximately 1 people named Shang Zhang are alive in the United States today. The first name Shang is shared by 23 Americans, and the surname Zhang is shared by 139,961.

How rare is the name Shang Zhang?

This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Shang is very rare and the surname Zhang is common.

Is Shang a male or female name?

Shang is predominantly male, with 100.0% of bearers being male and 0.0% female. It peaked in popularity in 1973 and the average bearer today is 47 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Shang?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Shang was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Asian and Pacific Islander (86.26%). The next largest recorded groups were White (7.01%) and Black (3.93%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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