What is the origin of the word Liang?

Liang won, ranking 128 among the hundred surnames in Song Dynasty. Originated from Dongyi Department of Shao Hao, and later from Boyi Department. Thirty-five Luos of Boyi gave birth to a son. Feng Kang, the youngest son of Qin Zhong, was appointed as the count of xia yang, a Liangshan hero (now south of Hancheng, Shaanxi). In 64 1 year BC, Qin Mugong sent troops to destroy Liang State and changed its name to Shaoliang. Liang is mainly distributed in Guangxi and Guangdong, accounting for about 25% of the total population of Liang.

The distribution and migration of Liang surname in history;

Liang's surname originated in Shaanxi and Henan in the early Spring and Autumn Period, and soon spread to Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Jiangsu. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Liang crossed the river and entered the south of the Yangtze River. At the end of Jin Dynasty, Liang moved to Fujian and Guangdong. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Liang surnames were mainly distributed in Shandong, Henan and Shaanxi. After the war in the northern region of the Eastern Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties, Liang suffered heavy losses, and the Liang people left their homes with the people of the Central Plains and migrated to the south and southeast. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Liang's surname proliferated rapidly in the four provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan and Jiangxi, and developed steadily in the south, eventually forming a typical southern surname today. In the early Qing Dynasty, Liang entered Taiwan.

In the Song Dynasty, there were about 440,000 Liang surnames, accounting for 0.57% of the national population, ranking 37th. The largest province of Liang surname is Shandong, accounting for about 34.5% of the total population of Liang surname in China. The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Shandong, Henan and Shaanxi. The Liang surname in these three provinces accounts for about 6 1% of the total population in China, followed by Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan and Zhejiang, and the Liang surname in these four provinces is concentrated by 26%. Lu Yu, Shaanxi, Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang are the four major gathering places of Liang. Guangxi was one of the most sparsely populated areas in Liang Dynasty.

There were about 430,000 Liang surnames in the Ming Dynasty, accounting for 0.46% of the national population, ranking fifty-third. In the past 600 years, the net population growth rate was 20%, while Liang's population growth rate was negative, and the population decreased instead of increasing. The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Guangxi and Shanxi. Liang surnames in these two provinces account for about 25% of the total population of Liang surnames, followed by Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Shandong, Guangdong, Fujian and Shaanxi. The Liang surnames in these six provinces are concentrated in 5 1%. Guangxi was very rare in Song Dynasty, and became the largest province in Liang in Ming Dynasty, accounting for 14.6% of the total population of Liang. In the past 600 years, the surname of Liang in Southeast Guangdong and Guangxi has developed steadily. By the Song Dynasty, the population of Liang in Shandong Province had decreased by 70%. The whole country has re-formed three Liang surname gathering areas, namely Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shanxi and Sulu, and the center of gravity has shifted from southeast to south.