Liang (surname)

Liang (Romanization used in China, Chinese: 梁) is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin. Meaning "a beam", "a bridge", or "an elevation", or "a mast",[1] the surname is often transliterated as Leung (in Hong Kong) or Leong (in Macau, Malaysia, and Singapore) according to its Cantonese and Hakka pronunciation, Neo / Nio / Niu (Hokkien, Teochew, Hainan), or Liong (Foochow). To Indonesia, it is known as Liang or Nio. It is also common in Korea, where it is written Ryang (량) or Yang (양). In Vietnam, it's pronounced as Lương.

"Leung" redirects here. For the Chinese weight unit, see tael.
Liáng (梁)
Origin
Meaning"a beam", "a bridge", "an elevation", or "a mast"
Other names
Variant form(s)Leung, Leong, Lyang, Nio
TransliterationRegions
LiangChina, Indonesia, Malaysia
LeungHong Kong
LeongMacau, Malaysia, Singapore
LiongIndonesia, Foochow
Neo/Nio/NiuHokkien, Teochew, Hainan
Ryang (량) / Yang (양)Korea
LươngVietnam
LeangCambodia
Diang(son, zon)Philippines
Laing United States

In 2019 it was the 22nd most common surname in Mainland China.[2] In comparison it is the 7th most common surname in Hong Kong, where it is usually written Leung or Leong.[3]

History

During the reign of the Zhou dynasty King Xuan of Zhou (827–782 bc), Qin Zhong set out on an expedition to subdue the peoples to the west in Central Asia. After Qin Zhong died, the King divided the area of Shang among them, the second son of Qin Zhong received the area around Liang Mountain, from which his descendants developed the surname Liang.[4]

Notable people with the surname 梁

Chinese

Filipino

Vietnamese[5]
  • Lương Thế Vinh[6]
  • Luong Kim Dinh, (15 June 1914 - 25 March 1997) was a Vietnamese catholic priest, scholar and philosopher
  • Luong Bich Huu, Vietnamese singer
  • Dominic Mai Thanh Lương, Auxiliary Bishop of Orange from 2013-2015

Indonesian

See also

References
  1. 康熙字典, page: 528
  2. http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2020/01/20/676822.html
  3. https://web.phb123.com/city/wenhua/21625.html
  4. https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=liang, retrieved 31 Jan 2020
  5. "Lương (họ)", Wikipedia tiếng Việt (in Vietnamese), 2019-12-03, retrieved 2019-12-17
  6. "Lương Thế Vinh", Wikipedia tiếng Việt (in Vietnamese), 2019-11-03, retrieved 2019-12-17
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