Lee (Korean surname)

Lee or I (이) is the second most common surname, or family name, in Korea. In 2015 more than 7 million people in South Korea had this name. That is over 14% of all people in the country.^[2]

The one hanja for Yi
Pronunciation	[iː] or [riː]
Language(s)	Korean
Word/Name	Korean peninsula
Meaning	리 or 이[1] 李: plum 이 異: different 伊: that
Variant form(s)	I, Yi, Ri, Rhee, Rhie, Reeh

Yi (Ri)
Hangul	이 (리)
Hanja	李, 異, 伊
Revised Romanization	Lee, Li, Yi, I, Ri
McCune–Reischauer	[Lee, Li, Yi, I, Ri Note: "李" is officially romanized as I in South Korea and Ri in North Korea. ] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 92: 李) (help)