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Kang is a Korean family name. All together, the holders of this name number are 1,176,847 in South Korea , according to the 2015 national census, ranking 6th largest Korean family name. [ 1 ] While the name "Kang" can actually represent 5 different hanja , or Chinese characters, the great majority (more than 1 million) bear the surname 姜. [ 1 ]
This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order. The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim (김), followed by Lee (이) and Park (박). These three surnames are held by around half of the ethnic Korean population. This article uses the most recent South Korean statistics (currently 2015) as the basis.
This is a list of Korean given names, in Hangul alphabetical order. See Korean name § Given names for an explanation. List Ga ... Kang-min 강민) Gun (건) Kun ...
Surnames of Korean language origin. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. ... Kam (name) Kan (surname) Kang (Korean surname ...
Kang (Chinese surname), a Chinese surname (康) Kang (Korean surname), a common Korean surname (강; 姜) C.S. Eliot Kang (born 1962), American diplomat and member of the U.S. Senior Executive Service; Eugene Kang (born 1984), Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to U.S. President Barack Obama; Jimmy Kang, American music ...
As a Jewish surname, Kan is one of many variants of Cohen. [5] As a Korean surname, Kan is the Yale Romanization and McCune–Reischauer spelling of the uncommon surname spelled in the Revised Romanization as Gan (Korean: 간; Hanja: 簡). The hanja for this surname is the same one which is used to write the Chinese surname Jiǎn mentioned above.
Pages in category "Surnames of Korean origin" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Kang (Korean surname) Kim (Korean surname) L.
A certain name written in Hangul can be a native Korean name, or a Sino-Korean name, or even both. For example, Bo-ram (보람) can not only be a native Korean name, [21] but can also be a Sino-Korean name (e.g. 寶濫). [22] In some cases, parents intend a dual meaning: both the meaning from a native Korean word and the meaning from Hanja.