List of Korean family names

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This is a list of Korean names, in Hangul alphabetical order. Note: (S) denotes South Korea. (N) denotes North Korea.

The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim, followed by Lee (Rhee, Yi) (second most common) and Park (Pak) (third most common). Together, these top three surnames make up slightly more than half of the Korean population (based on South Korea).

1 ㄱ
2 ㄴ
3 ㄷ
4 ㅁ
5 ㅂ
6 ㅅ
7 ㅇ
8 ㅈ
9 ㅊ
10 ㅌ
11 ㅍ
12 ㅎ
13 Notes
14 See also
15 External links

[edit] ㄱ

Hangul	Hanja	Revised	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
가	賈	Ga	Ka		9,090
간	簡	Gan	Kan		2,429
갈	葛	Gal	Kal		3,178
감	甘	Gam	Kam		5,998
강	姜, 剛, 康, 强, 彊	Gang	Kang	Kang	1,169,805
강전	岡田	Gangjeon	Kangjŏn		51
개	介	Gae	Kae		86
견	堅, 甄	Gyeon	Kyŏn		1,670
경	慶, 景, 京	Gyeong	Kyŏng	Kyung	15,784
계	桂	Gye	Kye		6,282
고	高	Go	Ko	Koh	435,839
곡	曲	Gok	Kok		155
공	孔, 公,	Gong	Kong		85,606
곽	郭	Gwak	Kwak		187,322
교	橋	Gyo	Kyo		41
구	具, 丘, 邱	Gu	Ku	Koo	192,302
국	國, 菊, 鞠	Guk	Kuk	Kook	19,284
군	君	Gun	Kun		46
궁	弓	Gung	Kung		562
궉	鴌	Gwok	Kwŏk		248
권	權	Gwon	Kwŏn	Kwon	652,495
근	斤	Geun	Kŭn		242
금	琴	Geum	Kŭm		23,489
기	箕	Gi	Ki		26,679
길	吉	Gil	Kil	Kihl	32,418
김	金	Gim	Kim	Kim	18,925,949

[edit] ㄴ

Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
나 (S) 라 (N)	羅	Na (S) N: Ra (N)	Na (S) N: Ra (N)	Nah	172,022
난 (S) 란 (N)	欒	Nan (S) Ran (N)	Nan (S) Ran (N)		80
남	南	Nam	Nam	Nahm	257,178
남궁	南宮	Namgung	Namgung	Namkung	18,743
낭 (S) 랑 (N)	浪	Nang (S) Rang (N)	Nang (S) Rang (N)		341
내	乃, 奈	Nae	Nae		440
노 (S) 로 (N)	盧, 魯, 路	No (S) Ro (N)	No (S) Ro (N)	Roh, Noh	290,434
뇌 (S) 뢰 (N)	雷, 賴	Noe (S) Roe (N)	Noe (S) Roe (N)	Noi	92
누 (S) 루 (N)	樓	Nu (S) Ru (N)	Nu (S) Ru (N)		24

[edit] ㄷ

Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
단	段	Dan	Tan		1,585
담	譚	Dam	Tam		57
당	唐	Dang	Tang		1,025
대	大	Dae	Tae		606
도	道, 都, 陶	Do	To	Doh	54,779
독고	獨孤	Dokgo	Tokko		807
돈	頓	Don	Ton		115
동	董	Dong	Tong		5,564
동방	東方	Dongbang	Tongbang		220
두	杜	Du	Tu		5,958

[edit] ㅁ

Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
마	馬, 麻	Ma	Ma	Mah	36,094
만	萬	Man	Man		172
망절	網切	Mangjeol	Mangchŏl		10
매	梅	Mae	Mae		222
맹	孟	Maeng	Maeng		20,219
명	明	Myeong	Myŏng	Myung, Myong	26,746
모	毛, 牟	Mo	Mo	Moe, Moh	19,834
목	墨	Mok	Mok		8,191
묘	苗	Myo	Myo		61
묵	墨	Muk	Muk	Mook	179
문	門, 文	Mun	Mun	Moon	426,927
미	米	Mi	Mi	Mee	199
민	閔	Min	Min	Min	159,054

[edit] ㅂ

Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
박	朴	Bak	Pak	Park, Pak	3,895,121
반	班, 潘	Ban	Pan	Bahn, Pahn	26,171
방	方, 房, 邦, 龐	Bang	Pang		119,703
배	裵	Bae	Pae	Bae	372,064
백	白	Baek	Paek	Paik	351,275
범	凡, 范	Beom	Pŏm	Bum, Bom	3,472
변	卞, 邊	Byeon	Pyŏn	Byun, Byon	131,554
복	卜	Bok	Pok		8,644
봉	奉, 鳳	Bong	Pong		11,819
부	夫, 傅	Bu	Pu		9,592
비	丕	Bi	Pi		90
빈	賓, 彬	Bin	Pin		5,252
빙	氷	Bing	Ping		727

[edit] ㅅ

Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
사	史, 舍, 謝	Sa	Sa	Sah	10,118
사공	司空	Sagong	Sagong		4,307
삼	森, 杉	Sam	Sam		51
상	尙	Sang	Sang		2,298
서	西, 徐	Seo	Sŏ	Suh	695,249
서문	西門	Seomun	Sŏmun	Seo Moon	1,861
석	昔, 石	Seok	Sŏk	Sok, Suk	54,610
선	宣	Seon	Sŏn	Sun	38,849
선우	鮮于	Seonu	Sŏnu		3,560
설	薛, 偰	Seol	Sŏl		42,064
섭	葉	Seop	Sŏp	Sup, Sop	450
성	成, 星	Seong	Sŏng	Sung, Song	185,363
소	蘇, 邵	So	So	Soh	49,456
소봉	小峰	Sobong	Sobong		18
손	孫	Son	Son	Sohn	415,182
송	宋, 松	Song	Song		639,082
수	水, 洙	Su	Su		199
순	荀, 舜, 淳, 順	Sun	Sun	Soon	1,296
승	昇, 承	Seung	Sŭng	Sung	3,304
시	柴, 施	Si	Si		3,928
신	申, 辛, 愼	Sin	Sin	Shin	911,556
심	沈	Sim	Sim	Shim	252,255
십	什	Sip	Sip		82

[edit] ㅇ

Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
아	阿	A	A	Ah	632
안	安	An	An	Ahn	637,786
애	艾	Ae	Ae		123
야	夜	Ya	Ya	Yah	180
양 (S) 량 (N) ¹	梁, 楊, 樑, 襄	Yang (S) Ryang (N) ¹	Yang (S) Ryang (N) ¹		486,645
어	魚	Eo	O	Uh, Oh	17,551
어금	魚金	Eogeum	Ogŭm		51
엄	嚴	Eom	Om	Ohm, Um, Om	132,990
여 (S) 려 (N) ²	余, 呂, 汝	Yeo (S) Ryeo (N) ²	Yŏ (S) Ryŏ (N) ²	Yo, Yuh, Lyuh	75,196
연 (S) 련 (N) ³	連, 燕, 延	Yeon (S) Ryeon (N) ³	Yŏn (S) Ryŏn (N) ³		32,528
염 (S) 렴 (N)	廉	Yeom (S) Ryeom (N)	Yŏm (S) Ryŏm (N)		63,951
엽	葉	Yeop	Yŏp		127
영	永, 榮, 影	Yeong	Yŏng		259
예	芮, 乂	Ye	Ye		12,656
오	伍, 吳	O	O	Oh	706,908
옥	玉	Ok	Ok	Oak	22,964
온	溫	On	On		5,081
옹	邕, 雍	Ong	Ong		964
왕	王	Wang	Wang	Wang	23,447
요	姚	Yo	Yo		198
용 (S) 룡 (N)	龍	Yong (S) Ryong (N)	Yong (S) Ryong (N)		14,067
우	于, 禹	U	U	Wu, Woo	180,141
운	雲, 芸	Un	Un	Woon	170
원	元, 袁, 苑	Won	Wŏn		120,465
위	韋, 魏	Wi	Wi		30,496
유 (S) 류 (N) ⁴	柳, 劉, 兪, 庾	Yu (S) Ryu (N) ⁴	Yu (S) Ryu (N) ⁴	Ryu, Yoo, You	1,040,984
육 (S) 륙 (N)	陸	Yuk (S) Ryuk (N)	Yuk (S) Ryuk (N)	Yook	21,545
윤	尹	Yun	Yun	Yun, Yoon	948,600
은	殷	Eun	Ŭn	Un, Uhn	15,657
음	陰	Eum	Ŭm	Um	5,936
이 (S) 리 (N) ⁵	李, 伊, 異	I (S) Ri (N) ⁵	Yi (S) Ri (N) ⁵	Lee, Rhee, Yi	6,796,227
인	印	In	In		20,635
임 (S) 림 (N) ⁶	林, 任	Im (S) Rim (N) ⁶	Im (S) Rim (N) ⁶	Lim	735,493

Note 1: Applies only to 梁 and 樑.
Note 2: Applies only to 呂.
Note 3: Applies only to 連.
Note 4: Applies only to 柳 and 劉.
Note 5: Applies only to 李.
Note 6: Applies only to 林.

[edit] ㅈ

Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
자	慈	Ja	Cha		178
장	莊, 章, 張, 蔣	Jang	Chang	Jang, Chang	943,257
장곡	長谷	Janggok	Changgok		52
저	邸	Jeo	Chŏ		48
전	全, 田, 錢	Jeon	Chŏn	Chun, Chon, Jeon, Jun	687,867
점	占	Jeom	Chŏm		516
정	丁, 程, 鄭	Jeong	Chŏng	Chung, Chong, Jung	2,230,611
제	諸	Je	Che		29,968
제갈	諸葛	Jegal	Chegal		4,444
조	趙曺	Jo	Cho	Cho	1,347,730
종	宗, 鍾	Jong	Chong		962
좌	左	Jwa	Chwa		3,130
주	周, 朱	Ju	Chu	Joo	215,010
준	俊	Jun	Chun	June, Joon	72
즙	辻	Jeup	Chŭp		4
증	增, 曾	Jeung	Chŭng		6
지	智, 池	Ji	Chi	Chee	147,572
진	晉, 眞, 陳, 秦	Jin	Chin	Chin	170,980

[edit] ㅊ

Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
차	車	Cha	Ch'a	Cha	180,589
창	昌, 倉	Chang	Ch'ang		1,179
채	采, 菜, 蔡	Chae	Ch'ae		119,251
천	天, 千	Cheon	Ch'ŏn		112,227
초	楚, 肖	Cho	Ch'o		351
최	崔	Choe	Ch'oe	Choi	2,169,704
추	秋, 鄒	Chu	Ch'u	Choo	55,309

[edit] ㅌ

Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	2000 South Korean population *
탁	卓	Tak	T'ak	19,395
탄	彈	Tan	T'an	155
태	太	Tae	T'ae	8,165

[edit] ㅍ

Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	2000 South Korean population *
판	判	Pan	P'an	290
팽	彭	Paeng	P'aeng	2,825
편	片	Pyeon	P'yŏn	15,308
평	平	Pyeong	P'yŏng	608
포	包	Po	P'o	129
표	表	Pyo	P'yo	28,398
풍	馮	Pung	P'ung	586
피	皮	Pi	P'i	6,303
필	弼	Pil	P'il	251

[edit] ㅎ

Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
하	河, 夏	Ha	Ha		213,758
학	學	Hak	Hak		101
한	韓, 漢	Han	Han		715,556
함	咸	Ham	Ham	Hahm	75,955
해	海	Hae	Hae		322
허	許	Heo	Hŏ	Heo, Hur, Huh	300,448
현	玄	Hyeon	Hyŏn	Hyun	81,807
형	邢	Hyeong	Hyŏng		6,640
호	扈, 胡, 鎬	Ho	Ho		6,106
홍	洪	Hong	Hong		518,635
화	化	Hwa	Hwa		945
환	桓	Hwan	Hwan		157
황	黃	Hwang	Hwang	Whang, Whong	644,294
황보	皇甫	Hwangbo	Hwangbo		9,148
후	后, 候	Hu	Hu		114
흥	興	Heung	Hǔng		462

[edit] Notes

Based on data provided by the ROK National Statistical Office. [1] The total population was 45,985,289. No comparable statistics are available from North Korea. The top 22 surnames are charted, and a rough extrapolation for both Koreas has been calculated [2].

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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