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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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List of people with the Korean family name Lee; Lee (Korean surname) M. Mangjul; Min (Korean surname) Mo (Korean surname) Mok; Moon (Korean name) Myung; N. Na (Korean ...
The following is a list of notable people of the past with the Korean family name Im/Lim/Rim. Im Sa-hong (1445–1506), Korean scholar official; Im Kkeokjeong (1521–1562), leader of the Hwanghae peasant rebellion; Im Che (1549–1587), Korean Confucianist nobleman; Im Gyeong-eop (1594–1646), Korean general
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)
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.
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]
It is the third name listed in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. [ 2 ] Other transliterations include Suen (Hong Kong and regions with Cantonese-speaking populations), Soon ( Amoy dialect ), Sng and Soon ( Teochew dialect ), Tôn ( Vietnamese ), Son ( Japanese / Korean ), Soon (regions with Hokkien -speaking populations ...