List of common Korean surnames - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of Korean family names ranked by year 2000 population.

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Hangul Hangul Hangul,Pronounced or ; Korean: 한글 Hangeul/Han'gŭl or 조선글 Chosŏn'gŭl/Joseongeul the Korean alphabet, is the native alphabet of the Korean language. It is a separate script from Hanja, the logographic Chinese characters which are also sometimes used to write Korean...	Hanja Hanja Hanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...	Revised Revised Romanization of Korean The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea proclaimed by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, replacing the older McCune–Reischauer system...	McCune-Reischauer McCune-Reischauer McCune–Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced McCune–Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000...	Popular spellings	2000 South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south... n population *
김	金	Gim	Kim Kim (Korean name) Kim, sometimes spelled Gim, is the most common family name in Korea. The name is common in both modern-day North Korea and South Korea. The hanja used for the name means "gold," and although the character is usually pronounced 금 geum, it is pronounced 김 gim when used for the family name and...	Kim, Kym	18,925,949
이 (S) 리 (N)	李, 伊, 異	I (S) Ri (N)	Yi (S) Ri (N)	Lee Lee (Korean name) Lee is the common English spelling of 이 , a common Korean family name. The proper pronunciation in South Korea is like the English letter "E", although in North Korea the name is still written as "리" and pronounced "Lee". Many times South Koreans will knowingly introduce themselves as "Lee" to... , Yi, Rhee, Ree, Rey, Rhie	6,796,227
박	朴	Bak	Pak	Park Park (Korean name) Park is a common and time-honoured Korean surname, founded by King Hyeokgeose. All Parks are descendants of him in principle except naturalized people... , Pak, Bark, Pack	3,895,121
정	丁, 程, 鄭	Jeong	Chŏng	Chung, Jung, Joung, Chong, Cheong, Choung	2,230,611
최	崔	Choe	Ch'oe	Choi, Che, Choy, Chey	2,169,704
조	趙, 曺	Jo	Cho Cho (Korean name) Cho or Jo is a Korean family name. As of 2000, there were 1,347,730 people by this surname in South Korea of a total population of 45,985,289: more than 2% of the total population...	Cho, Joe, Joh, Jou	1,347,730
강	姜, 剛, 康, 强, 彊	Gang	Kang Kang (Korean name) Kang or Gang is a common Korean family name. Altogether, the holders of this name number more than 1.1 million in South Korea, according to the 2000 census. The name "Kang" can actually represent any of 5 different hanja, or Chinese characters...	Kang, Kahng, Kwang, Khang	1,169,805
유 (S) 류 (N)	柳, 劉, 兪, 庾	Yu (S) Ryu (N)	Yu (S) Ryu (N)	Yoo, You, Ryu	1,040,984
윤	尹	Yun Yun (Korean name) Yoon is the ninth most common family name in Korea. The name is sometimes also transliterated as Yun, Yune, or Youn. The character means "the eldest".This surname appears as Yin in China and as Doãn in Vietnam....	Yun	Yoon, Youn, Yune, Yeun	948,600
장	莊, 章, 張, 蔣	Jang Jang (Korean name) Jang or Chang is a common Korean family name. As of 2000, there were more than 940,000 people in South Korea by this surname, more than 2% of the population...	Chang	Chang, Jahng, Jhang, Gang, Zhang	943,257
신	申, 辛, 愼	Sin	Sin	Shin, Shinn, Sheen, Chin, Seen	911,556
임 (S) 림 (N)	林, 任	Im Im (Korean name) Im is a common Korean family name derived from the Chinese surname Lin. There are two clan branches of "Im/Lim".-History:The first clan branch is the Supul Lim and its Hanja character is 林. The Supul Lim branch consists of two large clan houses; the first is Naju and the second, which is the elder... (S) Rim (N)	Im (S) Rim (N)	Lim, Yim, Rim, Leem, Rhim	735,493
한	韓, 漢	Han Han (Korean name) Han is the common English spelling of 한, a common Korean family name. According to the 2000 census, 한 is the 7th most common surname in the Republic of Korea...	Han	Hahn, Hann	715,556
오	伍, 吳	O	O	Oh, Oe, Au	706,908
서	西, 徐	Seo Seo (Korean name) Seo, sometimes romanized Suh or So, is a royal Korean family name. The Seo Clan in Silla was founded by Kim Alcheon. The descendants of this royal bloodline are part of a lineage that was once renowned for its imperial success during the early 9th century...	Sŏ	Suh, Su, Sur, So, Seu	695,249
전	全, 田, 錢	Jeon Jeon (Korean name) Jeon is a rare Korean family name. As of 2000, there were 687,867 people by this name in South Korea. english mark use to Jeon, Jun, Cheon, Chun, etc.-全 : Quan, Chyun:*from Zhou Dynasty public office name...	Chŏn	Jun, Chun, Chon, Jeun, Cheon	687,867
권	權	Gwon	Kwŏn	Kwon Kwon Kwon is a Korean family name. An absolute majority of the Kwons are the Andong Kwon clan, but there also exists Yecheon Kwon. Some sources list as many 56 clans, but most of them were merged with the Andong Kwon clan under the Shi'jueng-gong faction soon after the establishment of Republic of... , Kweon, Kwun, Gwon, Kwan	652,495
황	黃	Hwang Hwang (Korean name) Hwang is a common Korean family name. Hwang is the equivalent of the Chinese surname Huang. Hwangs make up roughly 1.5% of the Korean population; the 2000 South Korean census found 644,294 in that country. The Chinese character for Hwang used most commonly literally means "yellow","golden","brown;...	Hwang	Whang, Hoang	644,294
송	宋, 松	Song Song (Korean name) -origin:SongSong Ju Eun of Yangju Song clanSong Wui is indigenous people of Haeju, Yonan in HwanghaedoSong Song Rye of Iksan Song clanSong Shin Kyung of Mungyeong Song clan...	Song	Soung, Shong, Sung	639,082
안	安	An	An	Ahn Ahn (Korean name) Ahn, also romanized An, is a Korean family name. It literally means "tranquility." In 2000, there were 637,786 people bearing this surname in South Korea , making it the 20th most common family name in the country, with roughly 2% of the country's population... , Ann, Aan	637,786
홍	洪	Hong Hong (Korean name) Hong is the common English spelling of 홍, is Korean and Chinese means "wide" or "big".-Clans:As with all Korean family names, the holders of the Hong surname are divided into different patrilineal clans, or lineages, based on their ancestral seat. Most such clans trace their lineage back to a...	Hong	Houng, Hyong	518,635
양 (S) 량 (N)	梁, 楊, 樑, 襄	Yang (S) Ryang (N)	Yang (S) Ryang (N)	Ryang, Yaung, Lyang	486,645
고	高	Go	Ko	Ko, Koh, Goh, Kho, Gho, Kor	435,839
문	門, 文	Mun	Mun	Moon	426,927
손	孫	Son Son (Korean name) Son or Sohn or Shon is a common Korean family name. As of 2000, there are 415,182 people by this surname in South Korea.-origin:*Gui clan of Qi from Shun...	Son	Sohn, Shon, Soon, Soun, Sun	415,182
배	裵	Bae	Pae	Bai, Bea, Pae, Pai	372,064
백	白	Baek Baek Baek, also often spelled Paek, Baik or Paik, is a common Korean family name. As of 2000, there were 351,275 people by this surname in South Korea.苩, 白 is Korea native's surname from Baekje, Mahan, Silla.-苩, 百, 白:...	Paek	Baik, Back, Paik, Paek, Beak	351,275
허	許	Heo Heo Heo is a family name in Korea. It is also often spelled as Hur or Huh, or less commonly as Hue or Her. In South Korea in 1985, out of a population of between roughly 40 and 45 million, there were approximately 264,000 people surnamed Heo. The name is also found in North Korea...	Hŏ	Hur, Huh, Her, Hu, Ho	300,448
노 (S) 로 (N)	盧, 魯, 路	No (S) Ro (N)	No (S) Ro (N)	Noh, Roh, Ro, Rho, Nho	290,434
남	南	Nam	Nam	Nahm, Nham, Narm	257,178
심	沈	Sim Sim (Korean name) Sim or Shim is a Korean surname. There are six Shim clans in Korea based on six different regions. such as Cheongsong, Pungsan, Samcheok, Buyu, Uiryeong, and Jeonju. The biggest Sim clan is Cheongsong; they comprise about 85% of the all those with the surname Shim. Fourteen percent of all Korean...	Sim	Shim, Seem, Sheem, Shimn, Sihm	252,255
주	周, 朱	Ju	Chu	Joo, Chu, Choo, Jou, Zoo	215,010
하	河, 夏	Ha	Ha	Hah, Har	213,758
성	成, 星	Seong	Sŏng	Sung, Soung, Seung, Song	185,363
차	車	Cha Cha (Korean name) Cha is an uncommon family name in Korea. The Yeonan Cha clan is the only clan. The founding ancestor was Cha Hyo-jeon, son of Yu Cha-dal . Most of the clan’s members live in Gyeongsang province, Hwanghae province, or P'yŏngan province...	Ch'a	Char, Chah, Tchah, Tcha	180,589
우	于, 禹	U	U	Woo, Wu, Ou, Wo, Uh	180,141
나 (S) 라 (N)	羅	Na (S) Ra (N)	Na (S) Ra (N)	Ra, Nah, La, Rha, Rah	172,022
진	晉, 眞, 陳, 秦	Jin	Chin	Chin, Jean, Gin, Zhin, Chen	170,980
민	閔	Min	Min	Minn, Mihn	159,054
지	智, 池	Ji	Chi	Jee, Ch, Gi, Chee, Gee	147,572
엄	嚴	Eom	Ŏm	Um, Eum, Uhm, Aum, Oum, Ohm	132,990
변	卞, 邊	Byeon	Pyŏn	Byun, Byon, Pyun, Byoun, Pyon	131,554
원	元, 袁, 苑	Won Won (surname) Won is a Korean family name. As of the South Korean census of 2000, there were total of 120,465 people by this surname, or about .2% of the population. Of these, more than 99% used the hanja for their surname...	Wŏn	Weon, Woon, Wone, Wun, One	120,465
방	方, 房, 邦, 龐	Bang	Pang	Pang, Bhang, Bahng, Pahng, Phang	119,703
채	采, 菜, 蔡	Chae	Ch'ae	Chai, Che, Chea	119,251
천	天, 千	Cheon	Ch'ŏn	Chun, Chon, Chen, Choun	112,227

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Based on data provided by the ROK National Statistical Office. The total population was 45,985,289 for the statistical sample, which does not include any data from North Korea
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