(Chinese: ; pinyin: ) 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]

Yi
Language(s)Chinese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
Other names
Variant form(s)Yi, Yih (Mandarin)

Notable people

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  • 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
  • Yi Hai (伊海; 1698 – c. 1747) was a Chinese painter and merchant who frequented the Japanese trading port of Nagasaki
  • Yi Bingshou [zh] (伊秉绶) (1754–1815), Chinese calligrapher and political figure
  • Yi Ling (伊玲, formerly 钱今凡, born 1928) is the oldest living transgender woman in China
  • Yi Yi (actress) (伊一; born 1989 in Yongzhou, Hunan) is a Chinese actress and host

References

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