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Icheon Seo clan

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Icheon Seo clan
CountryKorea
Current regionIcheon
FounderSŏ Sin-il [ko]
Connected membersSuh Kyung-bae
Sŏ Hŭi
Seo Eunkwang
Websitehttp://icheonseo.com/
Gija

Icheon Seo clan (Korean이천 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 Sŏ Sin-il [ko] who was a descendant of King Jun of Gojoseon, the Gija Joseon’s last king. He lived at seoaseong (Korean서아성; Hanja徐阿城) in Icheon. He named their surname after the name of the place “Icheon”.[1][2]

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References

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  1. ^ 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: 17 – via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.
  2. ^ Academy of Korean Studies 이천서씨 利川徐氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
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