Jiang can be a pinyin transliteration of one of several Chinese surnames:

1. 江, Jiāng
2. 蔣 (traditional) or 蒋 (simplified), Jiǎng
3. 姜, Jiāng

Branches

Branches of surname Jiangs include Zhang^[1], Lü^[2], Qiu^[3] and Shen^[4].

Famous people surnamed 江:

• Jiang Qing (江青), the third wife of Mao Zedong (real name: Li Jin 李近)
• Jiang Zemin, PRC leader
• March Fong Eu Kong (江月桂), first Asian American woman elected to state constitutional office in US

Famous people surnamed 蔣/蒋/장:

• Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Republic of China Chinese Nationalist Party, Director General
• Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China Chinese Nationalist Party, Chairman
• Chiang Wei-kuo, adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek and ROC politician
• Chiang Wei-shui, Taiwanese colonial resistance movement advocate
• Jiang Bingzhi, author better known as Ding Ling
• Jiang Menglin, Chinese educator
• Jiang Tingxi, painter
• Jiang Wan, Shu Han official
• Jiang Yanyong, Chinese physician

Famous people surnamed 姜/강:

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• Jiang Ziya, Zhou dynasty
• Jiang Kui, composer
• Jiang Wei, general of Shu-Han.

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