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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.
Pages in category "Korean-language surnames" The following 108 pages are in this category, out of 108 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Um (Korean: 엄), also spelled as Uhm, Eom, Eum, Ohm or Om, is a relatively uncommon surname in Korea. It is written using the same character as the Chinese surname, Yan (嚴). It has only one clan, the Yeongwol Eom clan, based in Yeongwol, Gangwon Province. [1]
Mo (모) is an uncommon Korean surname.It originated from either of two hanja (牟 or 毛), which are also used respectively to write the Chinese surnames Móu or Máo.The 2000 South Korean census found a total of 19,834 people and 6,110 households with these surnames. [3]
The law does not allow one to create any surname that is duplicated with any existing surnames. [17] Under Thai law, only one family can create any given surname: any two people of the same surname must be related, and it is very rare for two people to share the same full name. In one sample of 45,665 names, 81% of family names were unique. [18]
The 2000 South Korean Census found 15,657 people with this Korean surname. [1] They traced their origins to three different bon-gwan: Yonan County, South Hwanghae and Kangeum, Kumchon County, North Hwanghae in what is today North Korea, and Haengju (), Goyang, Gyeonggi-do in what is today South Korea.
Cheon, also spelled Chun or Chon, is an uncommon Korean surname. It is written with either of two hanja: Ilcheon Cheon meaning "thousand". This is the more common character, used as a surname by 103,811 people in 32,229 households in South Korea, according to the 2000 census. [1] Haneul Cheon , meaning "heaven". The 2000 census found 8,416 ...
Lists of East Asian surnames include common Chinese, Japanese, and Korean surnames, or family names. List of common Chinese surnames List of common Japanese surnames