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Hamyang Yeo clan

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Hamyang Yeo clan
CountryKorea
Current regionHamyang County
FounderYeo Eo mae [ja]
Connected membersYeo Jin-goo
Yeo Woon-kon
Yeo Woon-kay
Lyuh Woon-hyung
Yeo U-gil
Yeo Han-koo

Hamyang Yeo clan (Korean함양 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]

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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.
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