Where is the origin of the Yang family?

Yang's birthplace is in today's Shanxi Province. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Yang was destroyed by gold, and the surname Yang developed and spread westward. He first moved to Shaanxi, then moved to Huoxian county in the middle reaches of Fenshui River in Shanxi, and then spread to Henan.

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. Yang surname is one of the surnames of China, which originated from Yang State in the Spring and Autumn Period (now Hongtong County, Shanxi Province). It is the national surname of Sui Dynasty and Southern Wu. It is a multi-ethnic and multi-source surname, which mainly comes from the changes of Ji surname and minority surname, and Yang Boqiao is the ancestor of this surname.