Yang, one of China's surnames, originated from the State of Yang in the Spring and Autumn Period (now Hongtong County, Shanxi Province) and was the surname of Sui Dynasty. It is a typical multi-ethnic and multi-source surname, which mainly comes from the changes of Ji surname and minority surname. Yang Boqiao is the ancestor of surnames.
Yang ranked 16 among the top 100 surnames in Song Dynasty. By 2065438+February 2005, the total population of Yang was about 42.7 million, making it the sixth largest surname in China. Among them, Sichuan has a population of about 3.8 million, making it the largest province in Shenyang.