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羊 Yang — a rarer surname
75.4 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Yang |
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| Strokes | 6 |
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| Commonness | outside the top 100 |
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| Type | single-character |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname meaning 'sheep', from the ancient state of Yang.
Why it scores this way
Easy to say96
Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.
Recognised in China43
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write90
6 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Yang Youji — Spring and Autumn archer of Chu, famed for shooting a willow leaf at a hundred paces.
- Yang Hu — Western Jin general and strategist, famed for virtuous governance and campaigns against Wu.
- Yang Xin — Southern Dynasties calligrapher, disciple of Wang Xianzhi, known for running script.
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