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"Plum Tree"
Lee, also romanized Yi or Rhee, is shared by multiple bon-gwan. Jeonju Lee is associated with the royal house of Joseon, but it is only one of many Lee clan groups.
Romanization does not determine bon-gwan. Family records are needed to distinguish people who share the same Hangul and Hanja surname.
7,306,828 people, 14.70% of the 49,705,663 residents counted in the 2015 census.
* Based on Statistics Korea's 2015 census surname table; this is not a current population estimate.
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