The family name Yang can be written with four different hanja, indicating different lineages.
The 2000 South Korean Census found a total of 486,645 people in 151,315 households with these family names.
[1] Deulbo Yang (들보 양, 梁), meaning "bridge", is by far the most common of the four surname hanja read Yang, used by 389,152 people in 120,534 households.
[1] They identified with 32 different bon-gwan (hometown of a clan lineage, not necessarily the actual residence of clan members): Beodeul Yang (버들 양, 楊), meaning "willow", is the second-most common of the four surname hanja read Yang, used by 93,416 people in 29,558 households.
[1] Doul Yang (도울 양, 襄), meaning "assist", is the least common of the four surname hanja read Yang, used by 823 people in 263 households.