Yang

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

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Yang canonical 12
Dương 2
Yeung 2

Statements (46)

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 Yang self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chinese character 楊
frequencyClass common Chinese surname
genderAssociation unisex surname
hasCantoneseRomanization Yang self-linksurface differs
surface form: Yeung
hasHakkaRomanization Yong
hasHistoricalRoots true
hasHokkienRomanization Iûⁿ
hasHomophonousSurnames other surnames pronounced Yang in some dialects
hasKoreanEquivalent Yang self-linksurface differs
surface form: Yang (양)
hasNotableLineage Yang clan
hasOriginCountry China
hasVariantTransliteration Yeo
Yang self-linksurface differs
surface form: Yeung

Yo
Yong
hasVietnameseEquivalent Yang self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dương
isCommon true
languageOfOrigin Chinese
meaning poplar tree
nameOrderInChinese placed before given name
romanizationOf Yang self-linksurface differs
surface form:

Yang self-linksurface differs
surface form:
romanizationSystem Hanyu Pinyin
scriptFormSimplified
scriptFormTraditional Yang self-linksurface differs
surface form:
usedByEthnicGroup Han Chinese
various Chinese ethnic minorities
usedInRegion Chinese diaspora communities
Hong Kong, China
surface form: Hong Kong

Macau
China
surface form: Mainland China

Malaysia
Singapore
Taiwan, Province of China
surface form: Taiwan
writingSystem Chinese characters

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yang Kaihui familyName Yang
Yet Another Next Generation fullNameOf Yang
this entity surface form: YANG
Yang Hucheng familyName Yang
C. N. Yang familyName Yang
Yang romanizationOf Yang self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form:
Yang romanizationOf Yang self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form:
Yang scriptFormTraditional Yang self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form:
Yang hasVariantTransliteration Yang self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Yeung
Yang hasCantoneseRomanization Yang self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Yeung
Yang hasKoreanEquivalent Yang self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Yang (양)
Yang hasVietnameseEquivalent Yang self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dương
Yang etymologicalRoot Yang self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chinese character 楊
Kaihui familyName Yang
subject surface form: Yang Kaihui
Dương Văn Minh familyName Yang
this entity surface form: Dương
Lord Shang givenName Yang
Hucheng familyName Yang
subject surface form: Yang Hucheng
Yang Dezhi familyName Yang
Yang clan hasSurname Yang