Yang (surname 羊)

Yang
Cursive form of the 羊 character
Chinese
Literal meaningsheep, goat
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng
Wade–GilesYang2
IPA[jǎŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingJoeng4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJIûⁿ
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese/jɨɐŋ/
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)/*ɢaŋ/
Zhengzhang/*laŋ/

Yang (羊) is a Chinese surname. It is romanized Joeng in Cantonese romanization. According to a 2013 study, it was the 391st most common name in China; it was shared by 136,000 people, or 0.01% of the population, being most popular in Hainan. It is the 202nd name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem.