Yī_(surname)

Yī (surname)

Yī (surname)

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For the Chinese surname Yì 易, see Yī (surname). For the Japanese name 伊藤, see Itō (surname).

Yī (Chinese: 伊; pinyin: Yī) is a Chinese surname. It is also rarely spelled as Yih in Wade–Giles. According to a 2013 study, it was found to be the 289th most common surname, shared by 206,000 people or 0.016% of the population, with the province with the most being Shandong.[1]

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Notable people (伊)

  • Yi Bingshou [zh] (伊秉绶) (1754–1815), Chinese calligrapher and political figure
  • Yi Yi (actress) (Chinese: 伊一; born 1989 in Yongzhou, Hunan) is a Chinese actress and host
  • Yi Hai (伊海, or Yi Fujiu (伊桴鳩), I Fukyū in Japanese) was a Chinese painter and merchant who frequented the Japanese trading port of Nagasaki
  • Yi Ji (伊籍, fl. 200s–221), courtesy name Jibo, was an official serving in the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China
  • Yi Ling (伊玲, formerly 钱今凡, born 1928) is the oldest living transgender woman in China

References

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    中国四百大姓 Front Cover, 袁义达, 邱家儒, Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013
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