Ouyang () is a

Chinese surname Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the ...

. It is the most common two-character

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, being the only two-character name of the 400 most common Chinese surnames, according to a 2013 study, and is one of the few two-character surnames that have survived into modern times.

Etymology

歐陽 was spelled as : * Chinese languages : ''Ouyang'', ''Oyang'', ''O Yang'', ''O'Yang'', ''Owyang'', ''Au Yong'', ''Auyong'', ''Ah Yong'', ''Auyang'', ''Auyeung'', ''Au Yeung'', ''Au Yeang'', ''Au Yeong'', ''Au Ieong'', ''Ao Ieong'', ''Eoyang'', ''Oyong'', ''O'Young'', ''Auwjong'', ''Ojong'', ''Owyong'', ''Ou Young'', ''Ow Yeong'', ''Ow Young'' * Vietnamese languages : ''An-dương'' · ''Arang'' · ''Orang'' · ''Urang'' (安陽, in ancient Annam), ''Âu-dương'' (in Northern), ''Âu-giương'' (in Central), ''Âu-dzương'' (in Southern), ''Âu-rương'', ''Âu-lương'', ''Âu-lang'', ''Âu-giang'' * Korean languages : 구양 (九陽, 固阳, ''Guyang'') * Japanese languages : おうよう (鷹揚 / Ōyō), オウヤンホーム , オウヤン(株)
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History

The Song Dynasty historian

Ouyang Xiu Ouyang Xiu (; 1007 – 1072 CE), courtesy name Yongshu, also known by his art names Zuiweng () and Liu Yi Jushi (), was a Chinese historian, calligrapher, epigrapher, essayist, poet, and politician of the Song dynasty. He was a renowned writer a ...

traced the Ouyang surname to Ti (, pinyin: Tí), a prince of Yue, the second son of King Wujiang (). After his state was extinguished by the state of

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, Ti and his family lived in the south side of the Mount Ouyu (, currently called Mount Sheng in

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, Zhejiang). In Classical Chinese, the south side of a mountain or the north bank of a river is called Yang (), thus the Ti family was called Ouyang. He was called Marquis of Ouyang Village (). Traditionally, Ti's ancestry can be traced through his father Wujiang, the King of Yue, to the semi-legendary Yu the Great (). According to a 2013 study, Ouyang was the 169th most common name in China, being shared by around 910000 people or 0.068% of the total population, with the province with the most people with the name being Hunan.

Geographical origins

In terms of distribution Ouyangs have mostly been confined to southern China, especially the areas of southern Jiangxi, central Hubei and eastern Henan, with smaller pockets in Guangdong, Sichuan, Hunan and

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Notable clans

The most prominent of the Ouyang clans historically was undoubtedly that of Yongfeng in Jiangxi, which produced a number of scholars who reached prominence in the imperial bureaucracy. Genealogical lineages and family trees have been established for a number of Ouyang clans around China, showing migration patterns from the Song to the Qing dynasty. In Vietnam, this clan was often shortcut as Âu (歐), Dương (阳) or Dương/Giàng (陽).

Notable people

*Ouyang Feiying, 1930s Shanghai singer *

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, Taiwanese-Japanese singer * Ouyang Nana, Taiwanese actress * Ouyang Xiadan, CCTV News reporter *

, Song dynasty scholar * Ouyang Xun, Tang dynasty scholar * Ouyang Zhan, Tang dynasty scholar * Ouyang Yibing, Chinese film scripter * Ouyang Ziyuan, Chinese cosmochemist and geochemist, chief scientist in charge of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program *Âu Dương Quân, Vietnamese footballer of

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, Hong Kong footballer who won a

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gold medal *

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, Hong Kong actor *

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, Chinese-American actor *

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, born Au-yeung Man-Sing, Chinese-American stand-up comedian and actor * MC Jin, born Jin Au-Yeung, hip-hop artist *

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, born Auwjong Tjhoen Moy, Indonesian historian * Darryl O'Young, Chinese name Au-Yeung Ruoxi, Canadian-born Hong Kong racing driver *

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Culture

By Vietnamese scholars, 歐陽 may be an origin of words ''văn-lang'' (minang / 文郎), ''mê-linh'' (maleng / 麊泠), ''âu-lạc'' (urang, orang, anak / 甌雒, 甌駱) and ''an-dương'' (arang / 安陽) what means "people" or "country" in ancient Tai and Malayo-Polynesian languages. * Malayo-Polynesian languages : Anak * Muong languages : ''Rú rác'' (in ancient), ''nú nác'' (in modern) * Vietic languages : ''Núi nước'' (in ancient), ''đất nước'' (in modern)

References

{{101-200 Most Common Family Names in Mainland China Yue (state) Chinese-language surnames Individual Chinese surnames