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Well, when it comes to Korean last names, there's a whole world of history, meaning, and often some symbolism thrown in! From the ubiquitous Kim to the rare gems that'll make even native Korean ...
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-language surnames of Chinese origin (1 C, 5 P) Korean clans (109 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Korean-language surnames" The following 108 pages are in this ...
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
Sinhalese native surnames have a Sanskrit origin. Tamils, Sri Lankan Moors and Sri Lankan Malays have distinctive surnames for their own ethnicities. Many Sinhalese surnames end with Singhe (Sinhala: සිංහ, lit. 'lion'), such as Jayasinghe, Ranasinghe, Samarasinghe.
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 Korean family name Min is written with only one hanja ().The 2000 census found 142,752 people in 43,887 households belonging to this clan (about 0.35% of the South Korean population at the time), making it the 47th-most-common surname among the 286 surnames listed in the census. [1]
Na or Ra is a relatively uncommon Korean family name. The name is written as 나 (Na) in South Korea , and as 라 (Ra) in North Korea . As of 2015, an estimated 160,946 people [ 1 ] (0.32% of the population of South Korea ) had the surname Na or Ra. [ 2 ]