Yang's ranking among the top 1 surnames.

on April 25th, 27, the national census results showed that Yang's surname ranked sixth in China, with a population of about 34 million. There are five sources of Yang surname: First, Yang Hou Miao said. According to "Yuanhe surname compilation" and "Tongzhi? 6? 1 "A Brief Introduction to the Clan" states that Yang came from Ji surname, and when Duke Wu of Jin (the tenth grandson of Tang Shuyu's son Xie) named his second son Bo Qiao Yu Yang (now in the east ancient city of Fancun, southeast of Hongdong, Shanxi), he was called Yang Hou, and his son and grandson took the country as their surname. Second, the female surname Yang Guo said. This statement is not found in handed down literature, but in unearthed cultural relics (according to Li Xueqin's "Chinese Surnames"). It is said that the female surnamed Yang was earlier than her surname Yang. Third, the sheep tongue heirs said. Yang Guo, the surname of Ji, was destroyed in Jin Dynasty, and TONYYOND became the food city of Yangsheshi, the doctor of Jin Dynasty, so Yang also became the surname of Yangsheshi. In addition, it is said that the sheep tongue is the son of Yang Houboqiao. See New Tang Book? 6? 1 prime minister pedigree table. Fourth, Yang Sunyi said. According to Zuo Zhuan, there was a doctor named Yang Sun in Qin Mugong, who ran in the Song Dynasty because of dereliction of duty, and his descendant Sun surnamed Yang. Five, from the given surname or his family's surname changed to Yang. For example, Zhuge Liangping of the Three Kingdoms gave some people a surname of Yang after mourning and dying; The Mohulu family in Xianbei was changed to Yang by Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the surname of Lin in Ninghua, Fujian Province was changed to Yang after moving to Meizhou, Guangdong Province. According to Northern History, Yang Yichen's real name was Wei Chi. [Wang (1), Li (2), Zhang (3), Liu (4), Chen (5), Yang (6),]