ōu yáng 欧阳

### Migration and Distribution The compound surname Ouyang is an ancient Han surname. It ranks 149th on the list of surnames in mainland China and 125th in Taiwan. The population is about 1.083 million, accounting for approximately 0.067% of the total national population. The prominent clan originated from the Bohai Commandery. The Ouyang surname (including Ou, Qu, and Yang surnames) is listed among the top 100 surnames in the "Hundred Family Surnames" and ranks 4th among the compound surnames in the Song edition of the "Hundred Family Surnames". According to the data from the 2009 ID card database of the Ministry of Public Security, the Ouyang surname ranks between 60th and 70th, with a population of 3 million to 5 million. Its birthplace is the Bohai Commandery (now Cang County, Hebei Province). According to the "Xing Pu", after King Goujian of Yue, a collateral descendant was enfeoffed in Ouyangting, Wucheng (now Huzhou, Zhejiang). His descendants took this place name as their surname. Ouyang Wei declared himself emperor from 313 BC; Ouyang Yao declared himself emperor from 232 BC; Ouyang Jian declared himself emperor from 176 BC to 163 BC. Today, Ouyang clan members are distributed in many places, such as Changsha City, Liuyang City, Longhui County, Dong'an County, Ningxiang City, Hengyang City, You County, Changning County, Ningyuan County, and Xintian County in Yongzhou City of Hunan Province; Jinhu County and Suqian County in Huai'an City of Jiangsu Province; Dengfeng City, Zhoukou City, and Xinyang City of Henan Province; Fuzhou City and Jinjiang City of Fujian Province; Nanchang City, Xinjian County, Pingxiang City, Xinyu City, Pengze County, Xingzi County, Yichun City, Ganzhou City, Ji'an City, Le'an County, Longyuankou Town in Yongxin County, Yongfeng County, and Wanzai County of Jiangxi Province; Mianyang City, Suining City, Ziyang City, Shifang County, and Zizhong County of Sichuan Province; Kaixian County and Tongliang County in Chongqing; Taijiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of Guizhou Province; Zhaoyuan City and Xuecheng District in Zaozhuang City of Shandong Province; Guangzhou City, Conghua City, Jiangmen City, Heyuan County, and Huilai County in Jieyang City of Guangdong Province; Fuyang City, Chuzhou City, Oujizi and Outao Village in Xiaoxian County of Suzhou City of Anhui Province; Jingzhou City, Xiangfan City, Zhijiang City, and Qianjiang City of Hubei Province; Tiandong County, Rongshui County in Liuzhou City, and Teng County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; and Xinzheng City of Henan Province. Among them, the Ouyang clan in Zhijiang, Hubei is the descendant of Ouyang Fa, the eldest son of Ouyang Xiu. Most of the Ouyang clan members in Jiangsu live in Ditang Oujia (Situ) outside the west gate of Danyang and Xiapi Oujia (Quanzhou). By the early 21st century, there were about 1,500 registered Ouyang clan members in the city.