Saturday, October 24, 2020

Yana (surname)

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'''Yana''' ([[Traditional Chinese characters|Traditional Chinese]]: 楊)([[Simplified Chinese characters|Simplified Chinese]]: 杨) is a [[surname]] of [[Chinese surname|Chinese]] origin. The surname is transliterated as [[Yang (surname)|Yang]] in [[Mandarin Chinese]]. The surname is predominantly in [[Asia]], specifically [[Southeast Asia]] ([[Indonesia]], [[Thailand]], and the [[Philippines]]).

During the Great Chinese migration into [[Southeast Asia]], the surname was originally [[Yang (surname)|Yang]], until it was modified into different variations and spellings (''including Yana''), such as: Iyo, Yo, Jo, Ian, Iyan, Yoso, Yongki, Muljoto, Yohan (notably in [[Indonesia]]), Yung, Yong, Auyong, Awyoung, Yuchengco (in the [[Philippines]]), and many more. Most [[Chinese people|Chinese]] migrants who migrated during that time modified their surname into local sounding words, so as to get their [[citizenship]] easily in the country they migrated to. Some have maintained their original surname, but most have had their surnames modified.


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