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List of Korean surnames This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order. The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim (Korean: 김; Hanja: 金), followed by Lee (이; 李) and Park (박; 朴). These three surnames are held by around half of the ethnic Korean population.
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Fewer than 300 (approximately 280) [11] Korean surnames were in use in 2000, and the three most common (Kim, Lee, and Park) account for nearly half of the population. For various reasons, [clarification needed] the number of Korean surnames has been increasing over time. [11][12] Each Korean person belongs to a Korean clan. Each clan can be identified by a surname from a patrilineal ancestor ...
Kim (Korean surname) ... 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.
Park (Korean: 박; pronounced [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]
Pages in category "Korean-language surnames" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
List of Korean given names List of the most popular given names in South Korea List of Korean surnames
See also List of family name affixes List of most popular given names List (surname)