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Le (surname)

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Le is a romanization of several rare East Asia surnames and common Vietnamese surname.

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It is a fairly common surname in the United States, ranked 975th during the 1990 census and 368th during the year 2000 one. In 2000, it was the eighth-most-common surname among America's Asian and Pacific Islander population, predominantly from its Vietnamese use. 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.

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

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