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

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 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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References

  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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