Le (surname)
Le is a romanization of several rare East Asia surnames and common Vietnamese surname.
It is a fairly common surname in the United States, ranked 975th during the 1990 census and 368th during the year 2000 one.[1] In 2000, it was the eighth-most-common surname among America's Asian and Pacific Islander population,[2] predominantly from its Vietnamese use.[3] It was also reported among the top 200 surnames in Ontario, Canada, based on a survey of that province's Registered Persons Database of Canadian health card recipients as of the year 2000.[4]
Origins of surname
Mandarin
- Le is the pinyin romanization of the uncommon Chinese surname written 樂 in traditional characters and 乐 in simplified ones (Lè, lit. "happy", "happiness"). It was the 81st of the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames, but is not currently among the top hundred surnames in mainland China or on Taiwan.
Minnan
- Lê or Le is the POJ romanization of the Chinese surname Li (黎, Lí)
Vietnam
- Lê or Le is the Vietnamese surname written 黎 in Chữ Nôm
People with the surname
Vietnamese
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Other people
See also
References
- ^ US Census Bureau. Op. cit. Public Broadcasting Service. "How Popular Is Your Last Name?" Accessed 6 Apr 2012.
- ^ "Genealogy Data: Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 2000". 27 Sep 2011.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ Lauderdale, Diane S.; et al. (2000). "Asian American ethnic identification by surname" (PDF). Population Research & Policy Review. 19: 283–300. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-02.
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