Last name Yi?

Question:my grand father was from china and my last name is Yi, what do u think about it, and is anybody out there with this last name ?

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This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name ,
Yi
Korean: the second most common surname in Korea, comprising about 16 percent of the total population. It is found in every part of the country. There are three Chinese characters for the surname Yi, but two of the three are quite rare, and one of these is not found outside North Korea. Although some sources indicate that there are as many as 546 different clans, only about 100 have been documented. The founder of the oldest clan, the Kyongju Yi, was named Yi Al–p’yong and lived in ad 32. He was one of the six original governors of pre-Shilla Korea. Aside from a few other Yi families that originated from the Kyongju Yi clan, most of the other 100 or so clans were formed at the end of the Koryo or beginning of the Choson periods. Some Korean Yi families trace their origins back to China. The founder of the Choson Kingdom, or Yi Dynasty, Yi Song-gye, was a member of the Yi clan from Chonju. This clan ruled the Korean peninsula from 1392 to 1910.
Chinese : from an area named Yi, probably from Yi county in Hebei province.
hope this helps.

I am presently trying to work on my (step) father's Chinese ancestry. He came to CA/Montana from China and died in Los Angeles.
I really would suggest you using ancestry.com if you are trying to trace your family. The place I am zooming in on, are the passenger lists. Many of the Chinese seem to have gone in different directions. I also read that the Shanghai library is now collecting family records in China that go way back. I don't speak Chinese.. but I am working on a way to translate an email from English to Chinese and see if I get any reply.
The hard part is the name pattern, where the last name goes first. In looking at records, I've already found a couple where they took the middle name to be the last name. You REALLY REALLY have to have some specifics down pat (like his name and name of wife, and a year) to connect to the records. I managed on some, but still striking out on others.
I am not connected to your name, but thought you might be interested in some of the research issues.