Yī (surname)

Yī (Chinese: 伊; pinyin: Yī) is a Chinese surname. It is also rarely spelled as Yih in Wade–Giles. According to a 2013 study, it was found to be the 289th most common surname, shared by 206,000 people or 0.016% of the population, with the province with the most being Shandong.[1]

For the Chinese surname Yì 易, see Yī (surname). For the Japanese name 伊藤, see Itō (surname).
Yi
Language(s)Chinese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
Other names
Variant form(s)Yi, Yih (Mandarin)

Notable people (伊)
  • Yi Bingshou (伊秉绶) (1754-1815), Chinese calligrapher and political figure
  • Yi Yi (actress) (Chinese: 伊一; born 1989 in Yongzhou, Hunan) is a Chinese actress and host
  • Yi Hai (伊海, or Yi Fujiu (伊桴鳩), I Fukyū in Japanese) was a Chinese painter and merchant who frequented the Japanese trading port of Nagasaki
  • Yi Ji (伊籍, fl. 200s–221), courtesy name Jibo, was an official serving in the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China

References
  1. 中国四百大姓 Front Cover, 袁义达, 邱家儒, Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013
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