Hamyang Yeo clan

Korean clan from South Gyeongsang Province

Hamyang Yeo clan

Country| Korea
Current region| Hamyang County
Founder| Yeo Eo mae [ja]
Connected members| Yeo Jin-goo
Yeo Woon-kon
Yeo Woon-kay
Lyuh Woon-hyung
Yeo U-gil
Yeo Han-koo

Hamyang Yeo clan (Korean: 함양 여씨; Hanja: 咸陽 呂氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Hamyang County, South Gyeongsang Province. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Hamyang Yeo clan was 34835. Their founder was Yeo Eo mae [ja] who was a Hanlin Academy in Tang dynasty, China. He was naturalized in Silla during the rebellion of Huang Chao.[1][2]

## See also

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* Korean clan names of foreign origin

## References

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1. ^ Academy of Korean Studies 함양여씨 咸陽呂氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
2. ^ Jin Guanglin [in Japanese] (2014). "A Comparison of the Korean and Japanese Approaches to Foreign Family Names" (PDF). Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia. 5: 18 - via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.

## External links

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* Doosan Encyclopedia 외래귀화성씨 外來歸化姓氏. Doosan Encyclopedia.