Pyeongtaek Im clan () is one of the Korean clans. Their
Bon-gwan
Korean clans are groups of Koreans, Korean people that share the same Patrilineality, paternal ancestor. They are indicated by the combination of a ''bongwan'' () and a family name.
Korean clans distinguish clans that happen to share the same fam ...
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Pyeongtaek
Pyeongtaek (; ) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Located in the southwestern part of the province, Pyeongtaek was founded as a union of two districts in 1940. It was elevated to city status in 1986 and is home to a South Korean naval b ...
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Gyeonggi Province
Gyeonggi Province (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea.
Seoul, the nation's largest city and capital, is in the heart of the area but has been separately administered as a provincial-level ''special city'' since 1946. Incheon, ...
. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Pyeongtaek Im clan's member was 225872. Their founder was who was a Hanlin Academy in Tang dynasty. He was naturalized in Silla as one of the Eight Scholars () in Tang dynasty.
Notable people
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Im Nayeon
Im Na-yeon (; born September 22, 1995), known mononymously as Nayeon, is a South Korean singer. She rose to prominence as a member of the South Korean girl group Twice, created by JYP Entertainment through the reality television show '' Sixtee ...
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Lim Na-young
Lim Na-young (; born December 18, 1995) is a South Korean actress, singer and rapper signed under Mask Studio. She was best known for finishing tenth in Mnet's reality survival show ''Produce 101 (season 1), Produce 101''. She is a former membe ...
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Nana (entertainer)
Im Jin-ah (; born September 14, 1991), known professionally as Nana (), is a South Korean singer, actress, and model known for her work as a former group member of the South Korean girl group After School (band), After School and its subgroups ...
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Im Se-mi
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Im Soo-jung
Im Soo-jung (; born July 11, 1979) is a South Korean actress and former model. After modeling for teen magazines, Im made her acting breakthrough in Kim Jee-woon's horror film ''A Tale of Two Sisters'' (2003), followed by the popular Korean dram ...
See also
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Korean clan names of foreign origin
Korean clans of foreign origin () refers to Korean clans (also "''bon-gwan''") that claim descent from a progenitor of foreign origin, based on genealogical records.
Authenticity
The ancestral origins of many Korean clans of foreign origin cannot ...
References
External links
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Doosan Encyclopedia
''Doosan Encyclopedia'' () is a Korean-language encyclopedia published by Doosan Donga (). The encyclopedia is based on the ''Dong-A Color Encyclopedia'' (), which comprises 30 volumes and began to be published in 1982 by Dong-A Publishing (). ...
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Korean clans of Chinese origin