Lee (Korean surname)
Korean surname (이)
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]
Lee | |
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Pronunciation | [iː] or [riː] |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Korean |
Word/Name | Korean peninsula |
Meaning |
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Other names | |
Variant form(s) | I, Yi, Ri, Rhee, Rhie, Reeh |
Yi (Ri) | |
Hangul | 이 (리) |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Lee, Li, Yi, I, Ri |
McCune–Reischauer | Lee, Li, Yi, I, Ri Note: "李" is officially romanized as I in South Korea and Ri in North Korea. |
References
change- ↑ 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.