Lee (Korean surname)
Lee or I (이) is the second most common surname, or family name, in Korea. In 2015 more than 7 million people in South Korea had this name. That is over 14% of all people in the country.[2]
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Lee | |
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.svg) The one hanja for Yi | |
| Meaning | *리 or 이[1]
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| Language of origin | Korean |
| Popularity | Behind the Name |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Lee |
| Yi (Ri) | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 이 (리) |
| Hanja | 李, 異, 伊 |
| Revised Romanization | <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Lee, Li, Yi, I, Ri |
| McCune–Reischauer | <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Lee, Li, Yi, I, Ri Note: "李" is officially romanized as I in South Korea and Ri in North Korea. |
Lee (Korean Surname) Media
Percentage of family names based on the 2000 South Korean Census Kim, Gim Lee, I, Yi, Ri, Rhee, Reeh* Park, Bak, Bahk, Pak* Choi, Choe* Jung, Jeong, Chung, Cheong
A memorial for the founder of the Gyeongju Yi clan
The Jeonju Yi family performs rites (jongmyo jerye) to honor their ancestors in an annual ceremony which has been declared an Intangible Cultural Heritage by the Korean government.
Family seal of the Jeonju Yi clan
Family seal of the Gyeongju Lee clan
References
- ↑ 리(Ri) in North Korea and 이(I) in South Korea. However, 이(I) in South Korea use 리(Lee) as their official English surname.
- ↑ "2015년 인구주택총조사 전수집계결과 보도자료" [Results of the 2015 Census of Population and Housing survey]. Korean Statistical Information Service. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
