Icheon Seo clan

Icheon Seo clan (Korean: 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 yeosugi of Gojoseon, beonhan Joseon’s the last emperor. He lived at seoaseong (Korean: 서아성; Hanja: 徐阿城) in Icheon. He named their surname after the name of the place “Icheon”.[1][2]

Icheon Seo clan
CountryKorea
Current regionIcheon
FounderSeo Sin-il
Connected membersSuh Kyung-bae
Seo Hui
Seo Eunkwang
Websitehttp://icheonseo.com/

See also

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.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)p17
  2. Academy of Korean Studies 이천서씨 利川徐氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
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