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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 the most popular given names in South Korea, by birth year and gender for various years in which data is available.. Aside from newborns being given newly popular names, many adults change their names as well, some in order to cast off birth names they feel are old-fashioned.
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.
A few names containing this syllable have been popular over the years. Jun-young and Joon-ho were popular names for newborn boys in the 1970s through 1990s. [3] In the late 2000s and early 2010s, more names containing this syllable became popular, including Min-jun, Jun-seo, Ye-jun, Hyun-jun, and Seo-jun.
This is a list of South Korean male television, film, musical, theatre, and voice actors who are active in South Korea. Names are listed as stage name. Names are listed as stage name. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The Korean surname So is normally written with either of two hanja, indicating different lineages: 蘇 (되살아날 소; doesaranal so, 차조기 소; chajogi so): The largest bon-gwan is Jinju. [1] This is the more common of the two lineages; the 2000 South Korean census found 39,552 people with this family name, belonging to 12,270 households.
As a family name, Moon is written with one hanja, meaning "writing" (文; 글월 문 geulwol mun). The 2000 South Korean census found a total of 426,927 people and 132,881 households with this family name. They identified with 47 different surviving bon-gwan (origin of a clan lineage, not necessarily the actual residence of the clan members): [1]