There are also Jiang people in Dong, Yao, Yi, Mongolian, Tujia, Bao’an, Bai, Korean and Russian ethnic groups in China.
It is the romanized version of ‘Xia’ and refers to ‘summer’ or ‘grand’. Bo Ling’s descendants eventually adopted Jiang as their surname. Shen Nong was raised beside Jiang Creek, and adopted Jiang as one of his names. 27. 28. Jiang (Chinese: 姜, also romanized Gang, Geung, Gung, Chiang, Keung, Keong, Kiang) is one of the oldest Chinese surname, being one of the original xing (姓) surnames. This surname originated in China and refers to ‘gold’. This last name originated in the Korean peninsula. According to textual research, there are at least 102 Chinese surnames derived from the family of Jiang. Ha. Gang is a Korean surname derived from the Chinese word Jiang referring to ‘ginger’. in Former Qin, the name "Jiang Duan" (强端) became the Jiang (疆). This surname goes back 4700 years to Shen Nong, a legendary emperor (2734–2697 bc). It is a variant of ‘Ko’ referring to ‘high’. 25. Goe. 26.

The Jiangjia, a prominent ethnic Manchu family in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), also shortened their surname to Jiang. Gim.
It was one of the "Eight Great Xing s 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. It was also used as a given name. Before this, the surname had been Fu ( … During the Zhou Dynasty, in the Lu (state), those with the surname Ji (姬) or of the family Gongsun Jiang (公孙强) took the surname Jiang (疆). Chinese : from the name of the Jiang Creek, a tributary of the Wei river in Shaanxi province. This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order. Note: (S) denotes South …