Korean Surnames
양
梁
How it's spelled in English
- Yang(official)
Usual hanja
梁 — bridge, beam
Well-known clans (bongwan)
남원 양씨 · 제주 양씨
A bongwan is the ancestral home of a clan — two Kims from different bongwan are different families.
Population
- 양(梁) 460,600 people, 0.9% of the population
Statistics Korea, 2015 Population and Housing Census
About it
梁 and 楊 are both read 양 and are different surnames; 梁 is more common in Korea.