Icheon Seo clan

Icheon Seo clan
Country Korea
Current region Icheon
Founder Seo Sin-il
Connected members Suh Kyung-bae
Seo Hui
Seo Eunkwang
Website http://icheonseo.com/
Gija


Icheon Seo clan (Hangul: 이천 서씨; Hanja: 利川 徐氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Icheon Seo clan was 199792. Their founder was Seo Sin-il who was a descendant of Jun of Gojoseon, Gija Joseon’s the last emperor. He lived at seoaseong (Hangul: 서아성; Hanja: 徐阿城) in Icheon. He named their surname after the name of the place “Icheon”.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ JIN Guanglin (2014). A Comparison of the Korean and Japanese Approaches to Foreign Family Names (PDF). Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia Vol.5 Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia. p17
  2. ↑ Academy of Korean Studies 이천서씨 利川徐氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
  • Doosan Encyclopedia 외래귀화성씨 外來歸化姓氏. Doosan Encyclopedia.
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