Seok, also spelled Suk, is a rare

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held by about 56,500

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ns, as well as an element in some

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As a family name

The family name Seok can be written with either of two hanja, one meaning "stone" (), and the other meaning "ancient" (). The former version is the more widespread of the two. The 2000 South Korean census found 46,066 people by this name. Of these, the great majority are members of the

Gyeongju Gyeongju (, ), historically known as Seorabeol (, ), is a coastal city in the far southeastern corner of North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is the second largest city by area in the province after Andong, covering with a population of ...

Seok

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and the

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(also called Hongju) Seok clan. The latter had a 2000 South Korean population of 9,544. The

Seok clan claims descent from certain of the early rulers of

Silla Silla (; Old Korean: wikt:徐羅伐#Old Korean, 徐羅伐, Yale romanization of Korean, Yale: Syerapel, Revised Romanization of Korean, RR: ''Seorabeol''; International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ) was a Korean kingdom that existed between ...

; the first Gyeongju Seok to sit on the throne was the fourth Silla king, Talhae. In a study by the

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based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 61.3% of people with that surname spelled it in Latin letters as Seok in their passports, vs. 30.6% as Suk. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 8.1%) included Seog, Sok, Souk, and Sock. People with this family name include: * Seok Joo-myung (1908–1950), Korean lepidopterist of the Japanese colonial period * Seok Ju-seon (1911–1996), Korean scholar of traditional Korean clothing and folklorist * Seok Rae-myeong (1936–2003), South Korean film director * Seok Jong-gu (born 1944), South Korean boxer * Seok Cheoljoo (born 1950), South Korean painter and professor * Suk Jong-yul (born 1968), South Korean professional golfer * Suk Min-hee (born 1968), South Korean team handball player, Olympic gold medalist * Suk Jong-yul (born 1969), South Korean professional golfer * Seok Jung-ah (born 1971), South Korean retired volleyball player *

Jeannie Suk Jeannie Suk Gersen (born 1973) is an American legal scholar at Harvard Law School. She became the first Asian American woman awarded tenure at Harvard Law School in 2010. Biography Suk attended Hunter College High School, graduating in 1991. In ...

(born 1973), Korean American law professor * Suk Jin-wook (born 1976), South Korean retired volleyball player * Seok Eun-mi (born 1976), South Korean table tennis player, Olympic silver medalist * Seok Ha-jung (born 1985), Chinese-born South Korean table tennis player * Suk Hyun-joon (born 1985), South Korean former professional tennis player * Suk Young-jin (born 1990), South Korean bobsledder * Seok Dong-woo (born 1990), South Korean footballer * Suk Hyun-jun (born 1991), South Korean footballer * Seok Matthew (born 2002), Canadian singer, member of boy band Zerobaseone * Bailey Sok (born 2004), American professional dancer and choreographer

In given names

There are 20 hanja with the reading Seok on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; common ones are shown in the table above. People with the single-syllable given name Seok include: * Baek Seok (1912–1995), South Korean poet * Yi Seok (born 1941), descendant of the Joseon Dynasty royal family * Jo Seok (born 1983), South Korean webcomic artist *Kim Seok (born 1991), South Korean football player * Kim Seok (equestrian) (born 1992), South Korean equestrian Names containing this syllable include: * Seok-ho * Seok-ju * Suk-won * Beom-seok * Dong-suk * Hyun-seok * Jae-suk * Ji-seok * Jong-seok * Jun-seok * Kwang-seok * Kyung-seok * Man-seok * Min-seok *

Tae-suk Tae-suk, also spelled Tae-seok or Tae-sok, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 20 hanja with the reading "Tae (Korean given name), tae" and 20 hanja with the reading ...

* Yeon-seok * Yun-seok

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