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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.
Lee (Korean surname) 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]
Kim ( Korean : 김; Hanja : 金) is the most common surname in Korea. As of the 2015 South Korean census, there were 10,689,959 people by this name in South Korea or 21.5% of the population. Although the surname is always pronounced the same, dozens of different family clans ( bon-gwan) use it. The clan system in Korea is unique from the ...
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. Between 2000 and 2010, a total of 844,615 people (about 1 in every 60 South Koreans) applied to change their names; 730,277 were approved.
Park ( Korean : 박, Korean pronunciation: [pak̚] ), also spelled as Pak or Bak is the third-most common surname in Korea, [1] traditionally traced back to 1st century King Hyeokgeose Park and theoretically inclusive of all of his descendants. Park or Bak is usually assumed to come from the Korean noun Bak ( 박 ), meaning "gourd". [2]
The most popular native names in 2015 were Hangyeol (한결; "Unity") for boys and Sarang (사랑; "Love") for girls. Despite this trend away from traditional practice, people's names are still recorded in both hangul and hanja (if available) on official documents, in family genealogies, and so on.
Jeon (surname) Jeon (전), also often spelled Jun, Chun or Chon, is a common Korean family name. As of the South Korean census of 2000, there were 687,867 people with this name in South Korea. It can be written with three different hanja, each with different meanings and indicating different lineages. [1]
Choi ( Korean : 최; Hanja : 崔) is a Korean family surname. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were around 2.3 million people by this name in South Korea or roughly 4.7% of the population. [1] In English-speaking countries, it is most often anglicized as Choi, and sometimes also Chey, Choe or Chwe.