Yang (surname)
Yang surname in regular script | |
| Pronunciation | Yáng (Mandarin Pinyin) Joeng4 (Cantonese Jyutping) Iûⁿ (Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī) |
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| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old Chinese |
| Meaning | Aspen; willow |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Yang (Mandarin) Yeung (Cantonese) Yeong, Young, Ieong (Cantonese) Yong, Jong (Hakka) Yu, Yeo, Yeoh, Yo, Yiu; Njoo, Jo, Nyoo, Ngeo (Hokkien) Yeo, Yeoh (Teochew) Yang (Korean) Dương (Vietnamese) Yang, Yaung, Kaung (Burmese) Yaj (Hmong) |
| Derivative(s) | Dương, Yana, Saeyang, Yongki, Yoso, Yohan, Muljoto |
Yang ([jǎŋ]; simplified Chinese: 杨; traditional Chinese: 楊; pinyin: Yáng) is the transcription of a Chinese family name. It is the sixth most common surname in Mainland China. It is the 16th surname on the Hundred Family Surnames text.
The Yang clan was founded by Boqiao, son of Duke Wu of Jin in the Spring and Autumn period of the Ji (姬) surname, the surname of the royal family during the Zhou dynasty c. 8th to 5th centuries BCE) who was enfeoffed in the state of Yang.