Yang (羊) is a Chinese surname.[1] 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.[2] It is the 202nd name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem.[3]
The surname is from the Chinese 羊 meaning "goat" or "sheep."[4] Origins for the surname include:
from yangren (羊人) the name of an official post during the Western Zhou period (1046–771 BC) who was in charge of animal sacrifices.[5]
A shortened form of the compound surname Yangshe (羊舌) which was originally the name of a fief (located in modern Hebei) granted to an official in the state of Jin, a great-grandson of Duke Wu of Jin (ruler of the state of Jin 716–677 BC). Some of the Yangshe clan adopted the much more common surname Yang (楊/杨).[5][6]
^"A dictionary of the chinese language, in three parts : part the first, containing Chinese and English, arranged according to the radicals, part the second, Chinese and English arranged alphabetical, and part the third, English and Chinese: pt. 1.3". published and sold by Kingsbury, Parbury and Allen. February 23, 1823 – via Google Books.
^ ab"Yang Name Meaning & Yang Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com.
^Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (November 17, 2016). "The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland". Oxford University Press – via Google Books.
August 29, 2023
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