Liang (梁)
A Taiwanese surname.
梁 Liang
- Zhuyin
- ㄌㄧㄤˊ
- Pinyin
- liáng
- Wade-Giles
- Liang
- Taiwanese Hokkien (Tâi-lô)
- Niû
- Hakka (Sixian)
- liong¹¹
- Rank in Taiwan
- 43rd most common surname, roughly 0.46% of the population (2023 Ministry of the Interior figures)
What the character means
'Bridge'; 'roof beam'; it is also the name of the Liang dynasties.
Where the surname comes from
Tradition traces it to the state of Liang (梁) at Mount Liang in present-day Shaanxi, granted under King Ping of Zhou to the youngest son of Qin Zhong (秦仲); once Qin conquered it, its people took the state's name. Hall name (堂號): 安定堂.
Saying it 我姓梁 — wǒ xìng liáng (ㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ), "my family name is 梁"
Sources: rank and share, 內政部 全國姓名統計分析 (Ministry of the Interior, National Name Statistics), data as of 2023-06-30. Taiwanese Hokkien readings, 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (MOE Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi), 百家姓 appendix. Hakka, 教育部臺灣客語辭典 (MOE Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka), 百家姓表, Sixian (四縣腔).