Yang

E84692

Chinese surname family name surname

Yang is a common Chinese surname with deep historical roots and widespread use across Chinese-speaking communities.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese surname → family name → surname →
appearsIn	Chinese historical records →
associatedLanguageVariety	Cantonese → Hakka → Hokkien → Mandarin Chinese →
category	Chinese-language surnames → surnames of Chinese origin →
culturalContext	East Asian naming traditions →
etymologicalRoot	Chinese character 楊 →
frequencyClass	common Chinese surname →
genderAssociation	unisex surname →
hasCantoneseRomanization	Yeung →
hasHakkaRomanization	Yong →
hasHistoricalRoots	true →
hasHokkienRomanization	Iûⁿ →
hasHomophonousSurnames	other surnames pronounced Yang in some dialects →
hasKoreanEquivalent	Yang (양) →
hasNotableLineage	Yang clan →
hasOriginCountry	China →
hasVariantTransliteration	Yeo → Yeung → Yo → Yong →
hasVietnameseEquivalent	Dương →
isCommon	true →
languageOfOrigin	Chinese →
meaning	poplar tree →
nameOrderInChinese	placed before given name →
romanizationOf	杨 → 楊 →
romanizationSystem	Hanyu Pinyin →
scriptFormSimplified	杨 →
scriptFormTraditional	楊 →
usedByEthnicGroup	Han Chinese → various Chinese ethnic minorities →
usedInRegion	Chinese diaspora communities → Hong Kong → Macau → Mainland China → Malaysia → Singapore → Taiwan →
writingSystem	Chinese characters →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
C. N. Yang → Yang Hucheng → Yang Kaihui →	familyName
Yang ("楊") → Yang ("杨") →	romanizationOf
Yang ("Chinese character 楊") →	etymologicalRoot
Yet Another Next Generation ("YANG") →	fullNameOf
Yang ("Yeung") →	hasCantoneseRomanization
Yang ("Yang (양)") →	hasKoreanEquivalent
Yang ("Yeung") →	hasVariantTransliteration
Yang ("Dương") →	hasVietnameseEquivalent
Yang ("楊") →	scriptFormTraditional