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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.
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Lee, I, or Yi (이) is the second-most-common surname in Korea, behind Kim (김). As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 7,306,828 people by this name in South Korea or 14.7% of the population. [1] Historically, 李 was written as Ni (니) [2] in Korea.
As with other Korean family names, the holders of the "Shin" family name are divided into various clans, each known by the name of a town or city, called bon-gwan in Korean. Usually that town or city is the one where the clan's founder lived. The six Shin branches are as follows: Pyongsan Shin clan; Goryeong Shin clan (高靈 申)
The first historical document that records the surname dates to 636 and references it as the surname of Korean King Jinheung of Silla (526–576). In the Silla kingdom (57 BCE – 935 CE)—which variously battled and allied with other states on the Korean peninsula and ultimately unified most of the country in 668—Kim was the name of a family that rose to prominence and became the rulers of ...
Im or Lim (Korean: 임) is a common Korean family name. The surname is identical to the Chinese character of the same name. The surname is identical to the Chinese character of the same name. [ a ] According to the initial law of the Korean language, both "Im" and "Lim" are interchangeable.
Lee (리 or 이) is a surname among ethnic Koreans, with approximately 15% of all Koreans sharing the name. This is a list of notable people with the surname Lee, along with other spelling variations such as Yi, Ri, Yie, Rhee, and Rhie.
Korean clans are groups of Korean people that share the same paternal ancestor. They are indicated by the combination of a bongwan (Korean: 본관; lit. place of origin) and a family name. [1] Korean clans distinguish clans that happen to share the same family name. The bongwan identifies descent groups by geographic place of origin. [2]