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This is a list of Korean surnames, in
Hangul The Korean alphabet is the modern writing system for the Korean language. In North Korea, the alphabet is known as (), and in South Korea, it is known as (). The letters for the five basic consonants reflect the shape of the speech organs ...
alphabetical order. The most common Korean surname (particularly in
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
) is Kim (), followed by
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() and
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(). 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. No such data is available from
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From 2015 South Korean statistics

, at least 191 distinct surnames in Hangul and 514 distinct surnames in
Hanja Hanja (; ), alternatively spelled Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language. After characters were introduced to Korea to write Literary Chinese, they were adapted to write Korean as early as the Gojoseon period. () ...
were in use. Notes: (1) The total population was 49,705,663. (2) This data only lists surnames used by five or more people. Surnames used by fewer than five people are categorized as "Other" ().


From 2000 South Korean statistics

These are surnames that appear in the 2000 South Korean statistics but not in 2015. Since the 2015 statistics only lists surnames used by five or more people, these surnames may still exist.


Other surnames


Historical surnames

These surnames are found in historical texts and are no longer in use today.


See also

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Korean name Korean names are names that place their origin in, or are used in, Korea. 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, ...
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Korean culture The traditional culture of Korea is the shared cultural and historical heritage of Korea before the division of Korea in 1945. Since the mid-20th century, Korea has been split between the North Korean and South Korean sovereign state, stat ...
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Korean language Korean is the first language, native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Koreans, Korean descent. It is the national language of both South Korea and North Korea. In the south, the language is known as () and in the north, it is kn ...
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List of common Chinese surnames These are lists of the most common Chinese surnames in the China, People's Republic of China (Hong Kong, Macau, and Mainland China), the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan), and the overseas Chinese, Chinese diaspora overseas as provided by govern ...


Notes

For these notes, see
North–South differences in the Korean language The Korean language has diverged between North and South Korea due to the length of time that the two states have been separated. The Korean Language Society in 1933 made the "Proposal for Unified Korean Orthography" (). But with the establishm ...
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References


Sources

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External links

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Degrees of Courtesy and Communication Styles in the Korean Language
by K. B. Kurotchenko.
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of pie graph showing the most prevalent surnames (according to 2000 statistics), in hangul and hanja *

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Surnames In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several giv ...
Surnames In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several giv ...
Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, people from the Korean peninsula or of Korean descent * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Korean **Korean dialects **See also: North–South differences in t ...