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Yeoh

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Yeoh is one spelling of the Hokkien pronunciation (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iûⁿ; IPA: /iũ²⁴/) of the Chinese surname spelled in Mandarin Chinese Pinyin as Yáng (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: ; see that article for the history of the surname). Another common spelling is Yeo. Both the spellings Yeoh and Yeo are common in southeast Asia, for example among Malaysian Chinese.[1]

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Notable people with the surname Yeoh include:

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References

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  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. pp. 2, 981. ISBN 9780192527479.