Meaning of Last Name

tael Liang (Chinese: 梁) is a Chinese surname common in Taiwan and southern China. Meaning "a beam", "a bridge", or "an elevation", the surname is often transliterated as Leung (in Cantonese-speaking Hong Kongdate=September 2009) or Leong (in formerly Portuguese-speaking Macaudate=September 2009) (Cantonese), Neo / Nio / Niu (Hokkien, Teochew, Hainan). It is also common in Korea, where it is pronounced Yang. In Vietnamese, it is known as Lương. It ranks 20th of the top 100 in Wikipedia's List of common Chinese surnames as of 2006.