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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.
Korean personal names. United States: Central Intelligence Agency. 1962. OCLC 453054. Price, Fiona (2007). "Chapter 6: Korean names". Success with Asian names: a practical guide for business and everyday life. Intercultural Press. ISBN 9781857883787
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. In 2010, 552 men changed their name to Min-jun, and 1,401 women changed their name to Seo-yeon. [1]
Some prominent Korean-American figures with Korean names include novelist and artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, journalist Kyung Lah, "Lost" actor Yunjin Kim, novelist Min Jin Lee, U.S. Representative ...
Pages in category "Surnames of Korean origin" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Gil or Kil (Korean: 길) is a Korean family name. The 2015 South Korean census found that there were 38,173 people with this family name. [ 1 ] The most well-known clan is the Haepyeong Gil clan .
Luke (Korean: 루크; RR: lukeu) is a black boy. Marine (Korean: 마린; RR: malin) is a lifeboat who is a member of The Harbor Team, he is a lucky sailor who is sometimes the guardian of the crew, he also has a pet dolphin named Ming Ming. Mary (Korean: 메리; RR: meli) is a girl and calm, shy and a good friend to The Rescue Team. She is well ...
The common Korean surname Kim is also the common Chinese surname Jin, and written 金. The common Mandarin surnames Lin or Lim (林) is also one and the same as the common Cantonese or Vietnamese surname Lam and Korean family name Lim (written/pronounced as Im in South Korea). There are people with the surname of Hayashi (林) in Japan too.