Why is the foreigner surnamed Li Li?

Among the American Lee surnames, Asians account for about half, whites account for about one third, and the rest are mostly black. To be sure, most Asian Li surnames come from China cultural circle, whether they are from China, South Korea or Vietnam. Li is a big surname in the world.

Li's surname comes from Lea, which in Middle English refers to people who live near the forest and cut down trees. Because its pronunciation is very close to the Chinese character "Li", it has become the choice of many European and American immigrants.

The following is an introduction to American surnames:

Top Ten Surnames in the United States: "Smith" is the largest surname in the United States, with more than 2.3 million people using it. The second to tenth places are Johnson, Williams, Brown, Jones, Miller, Davis, Garcia, Rodriguez and Wilson. Among them, "Garcia" and "Rodriguez" two Latin American surnames entered the "Top Ten" for the first time.

According to the report of The New York Times on June 5438+065438+1October 17, 2007, the latest statistics of the US Census Bureau show that the top ten surnames in the United States are Smith, Johnson, Williams, Brown, Jones, Miller and Davis.

Among them, "Garcia" and "Rodriguez" two Latin American surnames entered the "Top Ten" for the first time.

Contrary to China's "many names and few surnames", the British are "few names and many surnames". According to experts' estimation, there are as many as 6.5438+0.5 million surnames in English-speaking countries. Professor Zhou Haizhong, a famous scholar in China, pointed out in his paper on English names published in 1992 that there are about 3,000 common English surnames, and a recent survey shows that the top ten English surnames are still in this order.

The above information refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-American and British surnames.