Le (surname)
Le is a romanization of several rare East Asian surnames and a common Vietnamese surname.
It is a fairly common surname in the United States, ranked 975th during the 1990 census and 368th during the 2000 census.[1] In 2000, it was the eighth-most-common surname among America's Asian and Pacific Islander population,[2] predominantly from its Vietnamese use.[3] 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.[4]
Origins of surname
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Vietnamese
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Chinese
Mandarin
Le is the Pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname (written 乐 in Simplified Chinese characters and 樂 in Traditional Chinese characters); it is Lok in Cantonese.
Minnan
Lê or Le is the POJ romanization of the Chinese surname Li (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Lí)
People with the surname
Vietnamese
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Chinese
- Le Jingyi, a former swimmer from China who won the gold medal in the 100 meters freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA
Other
- Nhi Le (born 1995) German journalist, speaker, discussion moderator and author.
- Tamara Le, American politician
See also
References
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