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. In 2000, it was the eighth-most-common surname among America's
Asian and Pacific Islander
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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
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recipients as of the year 2000.
Origins of surname
Vietnamese
* Lê is a
Vietnamese surname
Traditional Vietnamese personal names generally consist of three parts, used in Eastern name order.
* A family name (normally patrilineal, The father’s family name may be combined with the mother's family name to form a compound family name).
...
written in
Hán-Nôm. It is pronounced in the
Hanoi dialect
The phonology of Vietnamese features 19 consonant phonemes, with 5 additional consonant phonemes used in Vietnamese's Southern dialect, and 4 exclusive to the Northern dialect. Vietnamese also has 14 vowel nuclei, and 6 tones that are integral t ...
and in the
Saigon dialect
The phonology of Vietnamese features 19 consonant phonemes, with 5 additional consonant phonemes used in Vietnamese's Southern dialect, and 4 exclusive to the Northern dialect. Vietnamese also has 14 vowel nuclei, and 6 tones that are integral t ...
. It is usually pronounced in English, with it being mistaken for another surname, with similar spelling, Lý (Vietnamese surname), Lý.
Chinese
Mandarin
* Le is the Pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname (written :zh:乐姓, 乐 in Simplified Chinese characters and 樂 in Traditional Chinese characters); it is Lok in Cantonese.
Minnan
* Lê or Le is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī, POJ romanization of the Chinese surname Li (黎), Li (, ''Lí'')
People with the surname
Vietnamese
;Lê
*Anterior Lê Dynasty
*The Lê Dynasty
*Lê Công Vinh, football player
*Lê Hoàn, founding emperor of the Anterior Lê Dynasty
*Dinh Q Lê
*Lê Duẩn
*Lê Đức Anh
*Dowager Empress Gia Từ, originally of the Lê clan of Vĩnh Lộc District
*Lê Hằng Phấn
*Lê Huỳnh Đức, football player
*Lê Khả Phiêu
* Lê Lâm Quỳnh Như, Vietnamese-American singer known as Như Quỳnh (singer), Như Quỳnh
*Lê Lợi, founding emperor of the Lê Dynasty
*Nguyên Lê
*Lê Minh Đảo
*Lê Nhân Tông
*Lê Quan Ninh, French percussionist
*Lê Quang Liêm, chess player
*Lê Quang Tung, commander of ARVN Special Forces
*Lê Quý Đôn
*Lê Văn Duyệt, general of Gia Long and viceroy of southern Vietnam
*Lê Văn Hưng
*Lê Văn Khôi, adopted son of Le Van Duyet
*Lê Văn Thiêm
*Lê Thái Tông, second emperor of the Lê dynasty
*Lê Thánh Tông, fifth emperor of the Lê dynasty
*Lê Tuấn Hùng
*Lê Long Đĩnh, the last emperor of the Anterior Lê dynasty
;Le
*Murder of Annie Le, Annie Le
*Cung Le (born 1972), Vietnamese-born American martial artist
*Duy-Loan Le
*Hoang Le
*Linda Le, Vietnamese-American cosplayer and model
*Murder of Michelle Le, Michelle Le
*Minh Le
*Tony Le-Nguyen
*Thuy Thu Le
*Tuan Le
*Shiphtur, Danny "Shiphtur" Le, Canadian ''League of Legends'' player
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, United States, USA
Other people
* Francesca Le
See also
* LE (disambiguation), Le (disambiguation)
* Lí (黎)
* Lee (Korean surname)
References
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Surnames
Chinese-language surnames
Vietnamese-language surnames
Hokkien-language surnames
Surnames of Vietnamese origin
vi:Lê (họ)