Zhuang is listed 323rd in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.

[2] Zhuang is romanized as Chuang in the Wade-Giles system usually employed in Taiwan and among the Chinese diaspora.

The variant spellings Chong, Ching, and Tong are all much more common, but include other Chinese surnames as well.

[6] During the Warring States period, the general Zhuang Qiao (庄跤) of Chu attacked Shu but was blocked from returning home by Qin troops.

By the period of the Sixteen States, however, the Zhuangs had spread from Lianghu to other regions such as Shandong, Gansu, Zhejiang, and Fujian.