Ouyang

Ouyang is a Chinese surname. It is the most common two-character Chinese compound surname, being the only two-character name of the 400 most common Chinese surnames, according to a 2013 study.

Variations/transliterations

 * 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 (Northern), Âu-giương (Central), Âu-dzương (Southern), Âu-rương, Âu-lương, Âu-lang, Âu-giang
 * Korean : 구양 (Guyang)
 * Japanese : 欧陽 (おうよう, Ōyō)

History
The Song Dynasty historian Ouyang Xiu traced the Ouyang surname to Ti (蹄, pinyin: Tí), a prince of Yue, the second son of King Wujiang (無疆). After his state was extinguished by the state of Chu, Ti and his family lived in the south side of the Mount Ouyu (歐余山, currently called Mount Sheng 升山 in Huzhou, Zhejiang). In Classical Chinese, the south side of a mountain or the north bank of a river is called Yang (陽), thus the Ti family was called Ouyang. He was called Marquis of Ouyang Village (歐陽亭侯). Traditionally, Ti's ancestry can be traced through his father Wujiang, the King of Yue, to the semi-legendary Yu the Great (大禹).

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 Guangxi.

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

 * Catalina Ouyang, American artist
 * Ouyang Feiying, 1930s Shanghai singer
 * Ouyang Feifei, Taiwanese-Japanese singer
 * Ouyang Nana, Taiwanese musician, singer and actress
 * Ouyang Didi, Taiwanese singer and member of girl group Gen1es
 * Ouyang Xiadan, CCTV News reporter
 * Ouyang Xiu, 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 JMG Academy
 * Âu Dương Thanh, former Vietnamese footballer of Customs F.C.
 * Au Yeung Yiu Chung, Hong Kong footballer
 * Bobby Au-yeung, Hong Kong actor
 * Mieke Oeyang, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy
 * Susanna Au-yeung, Hong Kong actress and acupuncturist
 * Elsie Ao Ieong, Macau Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture
 * Stephen Oyoung, Chinese-American actor
 * Jimmy O. Yang, born Au-yeung Man-sing, Chinese-American stand-up comedian and actor
 * MC Jin, born Jin Au Yeung, hip-hop artist
 * Myra Sidharta, born Auwjong Tjhoen Moy, Indonesian historian
 * Darryl O'Young, Chinese name Au-Yeung Ruoxi, Canadian-born Hong Kong racing driver
 * Petrus Kanisius Ojong, born Auwjong Peng Koen, co-founder of Indonesian newspaper Kompas
 * Francis Ouyang, Chief of Hospital Medicine VA Medical Center, United States.
 * Pearl Au Yeung, Hong Kong Children's book author-illustrator

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)