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The 94[sup]th[/sup] most common last name in China. There are three main origins to this last name. 1) The legendary ancient king Huang Di had two high ranking officials called Chang Yi and Chang Xian. Their descendents adopted Chang as their last name. 2) Descendents of the Ji family. During Chung Qiu, a descendent of Shu Kang (the duke of the Wei kingdom) was awarded the land of Chang (east of Weishan in Shandong). Its people adopted Chang as their last name. 3) To avoid having the same last name as the king, ( Song Zhen Zhong) Zhao Hengs first name. Some of the Heng family changed their last name to Chang, during the Song Dynasty.Hometown: 20 miles south of Ping in Shandong Province.
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