Yeon

This article is about the surname. For the given name, see Yeon (Korean given name).
See also: Yan (surname) and Lian (surname)
Yeon
Hangul
연
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYeon
McCune–ReischauerYŏn

Yeon or less commonly Youn (연) is a Korean surname. The name may correspond to the Chinese surnames Yan (燕, 延) or Lian (連). The hanja 延 is much more common than 燕 and 連.[1] Yeon may also refer to the extinct surname (淵).

  1. ^ "성씨·본관별 인구(5인 이상) - 전국 - 2015" (in Korean). KOrean Statistical Information Service (KOSIS). Retrieved 2 December 2020.