Yang (surname) - Alternative Spellings

Alternative Spellings

  • Yeung (Cantonese, notably Hong Kong)
  • Yeo/Yeoh (Hokkien and Teochew, notably Singapore and Malaysia)
  • Yiu/Yio/Yoo/Yu (Hokkien, notably Hong Kong and the Philippines) (rare)
  • Yong (Hakka)
  • Yung/Young/Yeong/Yahng
  • Eav/Eaw
  • Njo/Nyo (Hokkien, Teochew notably Indonesia)
  • Ngeo (Hokkien, Peranakan pronunciation)
  • Ieong (Cantonese, notably Macau - Portuguese pronunciation)
  • Dương (Vietnamese)
  • Jong
  • Yaaj (in the Green Hmong dialect)
  • Yaj (in the White Hmong dialect)

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