Le is a romanization of several 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.US Census Bureau. Op. cit. Public Broadcasting Service. "How Popular Is Your Last Name? " Accessed 6 Apr 2012. 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.
Origins of surname
Vietnamese Lê is a common Vietnamese surname (third most common), written in Chữ Hán. It is pronounced in the Hanoi dialect and in the Saigon dialect, similar to English . It is usually pronounced () in English, with it being commonly mistaken for another surname, with similar spelling and pronunciation in English, Lý.
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.
Lí is the Pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 黎 Minnan Lê or Le is the POJ romanization of the Chinese surname Li (, Lí).
Cantonese 黎 is Lai4 in Cantonese.
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 Lê Dũng Tráng, Vietnamese-French mathematician Dowager Empress Gia Từ, originally of the Lê clan of Vĩnh Lộc District Lê Hằng Phấn Lê Hồng Phong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Lê Huỳnh Đức, football player Lê Khả Phiêu Lê Lâm Quỳnh Như, Vietnamese-American singer known as 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 Thanh Đạo, North Vietnamese fighter pilot Lê Thánh Tông, fifth emperor of the Lê dynasty Lê Tuấn Hùng Lê Trọng Tấn, general, Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, Deputy Minister of National Defense of Vietnam Lê Long Đĩnh, the last emperor of the Anterior Lê dynasty
Le Annie Le Cung Le (born 1972), Vietnamese-born American martial artist Duy-Loan Le Hoang Le Linda Le, Vietnamese-American cosplayer and model Michelle Le Minh Le Tony Le-Nguyen Thuy Thu Le Tuan Le Danny "Shiphtur" Le, Canadian League of Legends player Aleks Le, Vietnamese-American voice actor Le brothers, Vietnamese-American filmmakers
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 Le (disambiguation) Lí (黎) Lee (Korean surname)
References
vi:Lê (họ)