YEO’s from Haicang Yeo’s mainly migrated from Xiayang, Xin’an, and Zhen’an. Yeo Teik Kheng was the grandson of Yeo Si Seng in Bixi, was the first Yeo to settle in Xiyang. Names of Yeo clan halls have been Hong Liong Tong, Mee Sai Tong and Su Ti Tong.
YEO’s from Xiayang Hundreds and thousands of Xiayang Yeo descendants are found all over countries in South East Asia, with their total number exceeding the local population in Xiayang. Yeo’s migrated to Penang in Malaysia as early as in the Qing Kangxi era. Yeo’s also populated in Sarawak, Malaysia, and started a Dong Yeo Clan association. Many Xiayang Yeo’s also advanced to Burma (Myanmar) in 1854.