Surname Overview
Surname Status and Naming System
The source classifies "笠" as a currently rare surname and identifies it as a Han Chinese surname; the supplied material does not discuss any other naming system.
Li Surname
Surname profileLi / Li
Origins
Origin Accounts and Evidentiary Limits
According to the source's compilation, there was an ancient place called Lizé, and the surname may have arisen from residence by Lizé or from naming by an object such as a bamboo hat. The source gives different identifications of Lizé and explicitly says that the basis is unknown.
Migration and Distribution
Distribution Reported by the Source
The source reports a present distribution in Sheng County, Zhejiang, and separately lists Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and Hong Kong as places where the surname is found. The material gives no population figure or statistical year.
Notable People
People Listed by the Source
The source also lists Li Zhou, stating that he served as an instructor in a Kuomintang army unit in 1947. The material does not state that he shares a lineage with Li Ai of the Jin period or Li La of the Yuan period.
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