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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.
Kim(Korean: 김; Hanja: 金) is the most common surnamein Korea. As of the 2015 South Korean census, there were 10,689,959 people by this name in South Koreaor 21.5% of the population. Although the surname is always pronounced the same, dozens of different family clans(bon-gwan) use it.
A Korean name in the modern era typically consists of a surname followed by a given name, with no middle names. A number of Korean terms for names exist. For full names, seongmyeong ( Korean : 성명; Hanja : 姓名 ), seongham ( 성함; 姓銜 ), or ireum ( 이름) are commonly used. When a Korean name is written in Hangul, there is no space ...
Seo is a Korean surname and Japanese surname. As a Korean surname, Seo is the most frequent romanization, but it may also be romanized as Suh, Surh, Sur, Seoh, So, Su, and Suhr. The surname most commonly represents the hanja 徐. Seo can also be used as a single-syllable Korean given name or an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. [ 1]
Park ( Korean : 박, Korean pronunciation: [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]
Lee, I, or Yi (이) is the second-most-common surname in Korea, behind Kim (김). As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 7,306,828 people by this name in South Korea or 14.7% of the population. [1] Historically, 李 was officially written as Ni (니) [2] in Korea.
Choi ( Korean : 최; Hanja : 崔) is a Korean family surname. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were around 2.3 million people by this name in South Korea or roughly 4.7% of the population. [ 1] In English-speaking countries, it is most often anglicized as Choi, and sometimes also Chey, Choe or Chwe.
Ko (Korean: 고; Hanja: 髙/高), also variously romanized Go, Goh, or Koh, is a common Korean surname.. Among Koreans with this surname, the largest clan is the Jeju Go clan [], named for its bon-gwan (clan hometown) of Jeju Island; they claim descent from Go Eul-na [], the first ruler of the kingdom of Tamna, which ruled Jeju until being absorbed by the Joseon dynasty.