yǎng 仰

Migration and Distribution (Lack of data) The Yang surname is not listed among the top 100 surnames in the Mainland and Taiwan. The Yang clan has a long - standing history. According to the "General Genealogy of All Surnames", as early as 2000 years ago during the Han Dynasty, there was an outstanding ancestor named Yang Zhi, who made the Yang surname well - known by serving as an imperial censor; another source, "Notes on Surname Research", points out that since the end of the Tang Dynasty, there have been clans with the Yang surname in the Qiantang and Wuxing areas of Zhejiang, and they have become the prominent families of the Yang surname. The prominent families are based in Runan County (east of present - day Ruyang County, Henan Province). There is a clan with the Yang surname in Wuning County, Jiangxi. As far as I know, there is only this one clan in this county, and it seems to have migrated from Hunan.