User:Yhlek/Lek (family name)

Lek is the family name or surname of the dialect group "teochew" among the Chinese race in Singapore. The han-yu-pin-yin for the Chinese pronunciation is "Lu" which literally means "land" as in "lu jun" which means "army". It is a relatively rare family name among the Chinese in Singapore. The forefathers of the Lek families in Singapore are mostly from Southern China places like Swatow.