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Lee, I, or Yi (이) is the second-most-common surname in Korea, behind Kim (김). As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 7,306,828 people by this name in South Korea or 14.7% of the population.
Lee is the typical romanization of the common South Korean surname I (Hangul 이), North Korean surname Ri (리). The name is written identically to the Chinese name Li 李 in Hanja characters. It is the second-most-common surname in Korea, behind only Kim.
This is a list of Korean surnames, in hangul alphabetical order. The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim (김), followed by Lee (이) and Park (박). These three surnames are held by around half of the ethnic Korean population.
Lee (리 or 이) is a surname among ethnic Koreans, with approximately 15% of all Koreans sharing the name. This is a list of notable people with the surname Lee, along with other spelling variations such as Yi, Ri, Yie, Rhee, and Rhie.
The most popular Korean surnames are Park, Kim, Lee, and Choi. According to a survey conducted by the National Statistical Office of Korea in 2015, 21.5% of Koreans have the last name Kim, 14.7% go by Lee, and 8.4% have the surname Park.
In Korean, the surname Lee is spelled as 이 and is the second-most common surname in South Korea. Lee is also a common surname in Scotland, with variations such as Leigh and Lea. According to historical records, the Lee surname can be traced back to as early as the 6th century in England.
Last name (family name or surname) is called Seong in Korean. Korean family names always come before the first name. Korean last names come with family clan (place of origin). Kim (22%), Lee (15%), and Park (8%) make up 45% of the Korean population.