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Even worse in other languages. The three surnames Kim, Lee, and Park cover about 50% of Koreans.
by pjc50 1y ago
Even worse in other languages. The three surnames Kim, Lee, and Park cover about 50% of Koreans.
- godelski 1y agoYou should see Vietnamese! It's decreasing, but it used to be ~40%! Now it's closer to 30[0]. And don't forget that there's Lee[1], Lee[2], Lee[3], Lee[4], and Lee[5]! Which are all different [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_name [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_(English_surname) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_(English_surname) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BD_(Vietnamese_surname) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BD_(Vietnamese_surname) [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_(Korean_surname) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_(Korean_surname) [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_(surname_%E6%9D%8E) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_(surname_%E6%9D%8E) [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_(surname_%E5%88%A9) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_(surname_%E5%88%A9)
- sandbach 1y agoBesides the two you mention, there are ten other Chinese surnames that could be anglicized as Lee, namely 力, 勵, 厲, 栗, 澧, 禮, 立, 酈, 離, and 黎.