Appendix:Korean surnames

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 made up slightly more than half of the Korean population (based on South Korea in 2000).

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Hangul	Hanja	Revised	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population^[1]
가	賈	Ga	Ka	Ka, Kah, Gah	9,090
간	簡	Gan	Kan	Can, Cann, Kan, Khan	2,429
갈	葛	Gal	Kal	Cal, Kal, Garl, Gahl, Karl	3,178
감	甘	Gam	Kam	Cam, Kam, Kahm, Karm	5,998
강	姜, 剛, 康, 强, 彊	Gang	Kang	Kang, Kahng, Kwang, Khang	1,169,805
강전	岡田	Gangjeon	Kangjŏn	Kang Jun	51
개	介	Gae	Kae	Gai, Gay, Gea, Kai, Kay, Kea	86
견	堅, 甄	Gyeon	Kyŏn	Kyun, Kyeon, Kyen, Kyoun, Kyon, Kwion	1,670
경	慶, 景, 京	Gyeong	Kyŏng	Kyung, Kyoung, Kyeong, Kyong, Kung	15,784
계	桂	Gye	Kye	Kye, Kay, Kae, Gae, Keh	6,282
고	高	Go	Ko	Ko, Koh, Goh, Kho, Gho, Kor	435,839
곡	曲	Gok	Kok	Cock, Kock, Kok	155
공	孔, 公	Gong	Kong	Cong, Kong, Kohng, Koung, Goung, Khong	85,606
곽	郭	Gwak	Kwak	Kwak, Kwag, Kwack, Gwag, Koak, Quack	187,322
교	橋	Gyo	Kyo	Kyoh	41
구	具, 丘, 邱	Gu	Ku	Coo, Koo, Ku, Goo, Kou, Kuh	192,302
국	國, 菊, 鞠	Guk	Kuk	Kook, Kuk, Gook, Kug, Gug, Cook	19,284
군	君	Gun	Kun	Coon, Koon	46
궁	弓	Gung	Kung	Coong, Koong, Kung, Kwoong	562
궉	鴌	Gwok	Kwŏk	Kweag, Kwock, Quock	248
권	權	Gwon	Kwŏn	Kwon, Kweon, Kwun, Gwon, Kwan	652,495
근	斤	Geun	Kŭn	Keun	242
금	琴	Geum	Kŭm	Keum, Kum, Gum, Guem, Kuem	23,489
기	箕	Gi	Ki	Ki, Kee, Key, Gee, Ky, Khee, Kie, Qui	26,679
길	吉	Gil	Kil	Kil, Gill, Khil, Kill, Keel, Kihl	32,418
김	金	Gim	Kim	Kim, Kym, Gim	8,925,949

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Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population^[1]
나 (S) 라 (N)	羅	Na (S) Ra (N)	Na (S) Ra (N)	Ra, Nah, La, Rha, Rah	172,022
난 (S) 란 (N)	欒	Nan (S) Ran (N)	Nan (S) Ran (N)	Naan, Nann	80
남	南	Nam	Nam	Nahm, Nham, Narm	257,178
남궁	南宮	Namgung	Namgung	Namkung, Namkoong, Namgoong, Namkoung, Namgoog, Namgooing	18,743
낭 (S) 랑 (N)	浪	Nang (S) Rang (N)	Nang (S) Rang (N)	Nahng, Lang	341
내	乃, 奈	Nae	Nae	Na, Nai, Nay, Nea, Neigh	440
노 (S) 로 (N)	盧, 魯, 路	No (S) Ro (N)	No (S) Ro (N)	Noh, Roh, Ro, Rho, Nho	290,434
뇌 (S) 뢰 (N)	雷, 賴	Noe (S) Roe (N)	Noe (S) Roe (N)	Roi, Noi	92
누 (S) 루 (N)	樓	Nu (S) Ru (N)	Nu (S) Ru (N)	Noo, Roo	24

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Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population^[1]
단	段	Dan	Tan	Dahn, Dahn	1,585
담	譚	Dam	Tam	Damm, Tamm	57
당	唐	Dang	Tang	Tang	1,025
대	大	Dae	Tae	Dai, Dea	606
도	道, 都, 陶	Do	To	Doh, Dho, To, Doe	54,779
독고	獨孤	Dokgo	Tokko	Dokko, Toko, Tokko, Dockko, Dockgo	807
돈	頓	Don	Ton		115
동	董	Dong	Tong	Tong, Dhong, Tung	5,564
동방	東方	Dongbang	Tongbang		220
두	杜	Du	Tu	Doo, Tu, Do, Dou	5,958

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Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population^[1]
마	馬, 麻	Ma	Ma	Mah, Mar, Mha	36,094
만	萬	Man	Man	Mann	172
망절	網切	Mangjeol	Mangjŏl	Mangjul	10
매	梅	Mae	Mae	Mea, Mai	222
맹	孟	Maeng	Maeng	Mang, Meang, Maing, Meng, Maeing	20,219
명	明	Myeong	Myŏng	Myung, Myoung, Myong	26,746
모	毛, 牟	Mo	Mo	Moh, Moe, Mho, Mao	19,834
목	墨	Mok	Mok	Mock, Mog, Muk, Mork	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	Meen, Minn, Mihn	159,054

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Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population^[1]
박	朴	Bak	Pak	Park, Pak, Back, Bark, Pack	3,895,121
반	班, 潘	Ban	Pan	Bahn, Pan, Bhan, Van	26,171
방	方, 房, 邦, 龐	Bang	Pang	Pang, Bhang, Bahng, Pahng, Phang	119,703
배	裵	Bae	Pae	Bai, Bea, Pae, Pai	372,064
백	白	Baek	Paek	Baik, Back, Paik, Paek, Beak	351,275
범	凡, 范	Beom	Pŏm	Bum, Bom	3,472
변	卞, 邊	Byeon	Pyŏn	Byun, Byon, Pyun, Byoun, Pyon	131,554
복	卜	Bok	Pok	Bock, Pok, Pock, Bog	8,644
봉	奉, 鳳	Bong	Pong	Pong, Bhong, Vong	11,819
부	夫, 傅	Bu	Pu	Boo, Pu, Bou, Poo, Booh	9,592
비	丕	Bi	Pi	Bee	5,983
빈	賓, 彬	Bin	Pin	Been, Bhin, Pin, Bean	5,252
빙	氷	Bing	Ping		727

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Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population^[1]
사	史, 舍, 謝	Sa	Sa	Sha	10,118
사공	司空	Sagong	Sagong	Sakong, Sagoung	4,307
삼	森, 杉	Sam	Sam		51
상	尙	Sang	Sang		2,298
서	西, 徐	Seo	Sŏ	Suh, Su, Sur, So, Seu	695,249
서문	西門	Seomun	Sŏmun	Suhmoon	1,861
석	昔, 石	Seok	Sŏk	Suk, Sok, Suck, Seuk, Seak	54,610
선	宣	Seon	Sŏn	Sun, Son, Suhn, Sen	38,849
선우	鮮于	Seonu	Sŏnu	Sunwoo, Seonwoo, Sonu, Sunoo, Sunwou	3,560
설	薛, 偰	Seol	Sŏl	Sul, Seul, Sol, Sull	42,064
섭	葉	Seop	Sŏp	Sup, Sub	450
성	成, 星	Seong	Sŏng	Sung, Soung, Seung, Song	185,363
소	蘇, 邵	So	So	Soh, Sho, Soo	49,456
소봉	小峰	Sobong	Sobong		18
손	孫	Son	Son	Sohn, Shon, Soon, Soun, Sun	415,182
송	宋, 松	Song	Song	Soung, Shong, Sung	639,082
수	水, 洙	Su	Su	Soo	199
순	荀, 舜, 淳, 順	Sun	Sun	Soon	1,296
승	昇, 承	Seung	Sŭng	Sung, Seoung, Seong	3,304
시	柴, 施	Si	S(h)i	Shi, See, Sie, Sea	3,928
신	申, 辛, 愼	Sin	S(h)in	Shin, Shinn, Sheen, Chin, Seen	911,556
심	沈	Sim	S(h)im	Shim, Seem, Sheem, Shimn, Sihm	252,255
십	什	Sip	S(h)ip	Ship, Sheep	82

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Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population^[1]
아	阿	A	A	Ah	632
안	安	An	An	Ahn, Ann, Aan	637,786
애	艾	Ae	Ae	Ai	123
야	夜	Ya	Ya	Yah	180
양 (S) 량 (N) ^[2]	梁, 楊, 樑, 襄	Yang (S) Ryang (N) ^[2]	Yang (S) Ryang (N) ^[2]	Ryang, Yaung, Lyang	486,645
어	魚	Eo	Ŏ	Uh, Eoh, Auh, Eu, Au	17,551
어금	魚金	Eogeum	Ŏgŭm	Uhgeum	51
엄	嚴	Eom	Ŏm	Um, Eum, Uhm, Aum, Oum	132,990
여 (S) 려 (N) ^[3]	余, 呂, 汝	Yeo (S) Ryeo (N) ^[3]	Yŏ (S) Ryŏ (N) ^[3]	Yeo, Yo, Yeu, Yuh, Yea	75,196
연 (S) 련 (N) ^[4]	連, 燕, 延	Yeon (S) Ryeon (N) ^[4]	Yŏn (S) Ryŏn (N) ^[4]	Youn, Yun, Yon, Yeun, Yeoun	32,528
염 (S) 렴 (N)	廉	Yeom (S) Ryeom (N)	Yŏm (S) Ryŏm (N)	Yum, Youm, Yeum, Yom, Yeoum	63,951
엽	葉	Yeop	Yŏp	Yeob, Youb, Yeop, Yub, Yup	127
영	永, 榮, 影	Yeong	Yŏng	Young	259
예	芮, 乂	Ye	Ye	Yea, Yeah, Yae, Yeh, Yee	12,656
오	伍, 吳	O	O	Oh, Oe, Au	706,908
옥	玉	Ok	Ok	Ock, Ohk, Oak, Og	22,964
온	溫	On	On	Ohn, Ohnn	5,081
옹	邕, 雍	Ong	Ong	Ohng, Oung	964
왕	王	Wang	Wang	Whang, Wong	23,447
요	姚	Yo	Yo	Yoh	198
용 (S) 룡 (N)	龍	Yong (S) Ryong (N)	Yong (S) Ryong (N)	Young, Ryong, Yung, Lyong	14,067
우	于, 禹	U	U	Woo, Wu, Ou, Wo, Uh	180,141
운	雲, 芸	Un	Un	Woon	170
원	阮, 元, 袁, 苑	Won	Wŏn	Weon, Woon, Wone, Wun, One	120,465
위	韋, 魏	Wi	Wi	Wee, We, Wie, Wei	30,496
유 (S) 류 (N) ^[5]	柳, 劉, 兪, 庾	Yu (S) Ryu (N) ^[5]	Yu (S) Ryu (N) ^[5]	Yoo, You, Ryu	1,040,984
육 (S) 륙 (N)	陸	Yuk (S) Ryuk (N)	Yuk (S) Ryuk (N)	Yook, Youk, Yug, Ryuk, Yuck	21,545
윤	尹	Yun	Yun	Yoon, Youn, Yune, Yeun	948,600
은	殷	Eun	Ŭn	Eun, Un, Uhan, Unn	15,657
을지	乙支	Eulji	Ulchi	Eulji, Ulchi	16
음	陰	Eum	Ŭm	Um, Em, Yeum	5,936
이 (S) 리 (N) ^[6]	李, 伊, 異	I (S) Ri (N) ^[6]	Yi (S) Ri (N) ^[6]	Lee, Yi, Rhee, Ree, Rey	6,796,227
인	印	In	In	Ihn, Yin, Inn, En, Lin	20,635
임 (S) 림 (N) ^[7]	林, 任	Im (S) Rim (N) ^[7]	Im (S) Rim (N) ^[7]	Eem, Lim, Yim, Rim, Leem, Rhim	735,493

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Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population^[1]
자	慈	Ja	Cha		178
장	莊, 章, 張, 蔣	Jang	Chang	Chang, Jahng, Jhang, Gang, Zhang	943,257
장곡	長谷	Janggok	Changgok	Changcock	52
저	邸	Jeo	Chŏ	Chuh, Juh	48
전	全, 田, 錢	Jeon	Chŏn	Jun, Chun, Chon, Jeun, Cheon	687,867
점	占	Jeom	Chŏm	Chum, Jum	516
정	丁, 程, 鄭	Jeong	Chŏng	Chung, Jung, Joung, Chong, Cheong, Jeong	2,230,611
제	諸	Je	Che	Jae, Jea, Che, Jei, Jhe	29,968
제갈	諸葛	Jegal	Chegal	Jaegal, Jekal, Jeagal, Chegal, Chekal	4,444
조	趙曺	Jo	Cho	Cho, Joe, Joh, Jou	1,347,730
종	宗, 鍾	Jong	Chong	Chong, Jung	962
좌	左	Jwa	Chwa	Chwa, Joa, Choa, Jaw	3,130
주	周, 朱	Ju	Chu	Joo, Chu, Choo, Jou, Zoo	215,010
준	俊	Jun	Chun	Choon, Joon	72
즙	辻	Jeup	Chŭp		4
증	增, 曾	Jeung	Chŭng	Zeng	6
지	智, 池	Ji	Chi	Jee, Ch, Gi, Chee, Gee	147,572
진	晉, 眞, 陳, 秦	Jin	Chin	Chin, Jean, Gin, Zhin, Chen	170,980

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Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population^[1]
차	車	Cha	Ch'a	Char, Chah, Tchah, Tcha	180,589
창	昌, 倉	Chang	Ch'ang		1,179
채	采, 菜, 蔡	Chae	Ch'ae	Chai, Che, Chea	119,251
천	天, 千	Cheon	Ch'ŏn	Chun, Chon, Chen, Choun	112,227
초	楚, 肖	Cho	Ch'o	Chu, Choh, Chou	351
최	崔	Choe	Choi	Ch'oe, Choe, Che, Choy, Chey, Choi	2,169,704
추	秋, 鄒	Chu	Ch'u	Choo, Chou, Chyu, Chou	55,309

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Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population^[1]
탁	卓	Tak	T'ak	Tark, Tag, Tack, Thak	19,395
탄	彈	Tan	T'an		155
태	太	Tae	T'ae	Tai, Tea, Te, Tay	8,165

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Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population^[1]
판	判	Pan	P'an		290
팽	彭	Paeng	P'aeng	Pang, Paing, Peng, Pyeong, Pyeng	2,825
편	片	Pyeon	P'yŏn	Pyun, Pyon, Pyoun, Pyen, Pyeun	15,308
평	平	Pyeong	P'yŏng	Pyung, Pyong, Pyoung, Pyeng	608
포	包	Po	P'o	Pow, Pou, Poh	129
표	表	Pyo	P'yo	Phyo, Pio, Puo, Peo	28,398
풍	馮	Pung	P'ung	Poong	586
피	皮	Pi	P'i	Fee, Pee, Phee, Phi, Phy	6,303
필	弼	Pil	P'il	Phil, Fill	251

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Hangul	Hanja	SK Romanization	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population^[1]
하	河, 夏	Ha	Ha	Hah, Har	213,758
학	學	Hak	Hak	Hack	101
한	韓, 漢	Han	Han	Hahn, Hann	715,556
함	咸	Ham	Ham	Hahm, Harm, Hamm, Haam	75,955
해	海	Hae	Hae	Hai, Hey	322
허	許	Heo	Hŏ	Hur, Huh, Her, Hu, Ho, Hee, Koh	300,448
현	玄	Hyeon	Hyŏn	Hyun, Hyon, Hyoun, Hyen	81,807
형	邢	Hyeong	Hyŏng	Hyung, Hyoung, Hyong, Hyeung	6,640
호	扈, 胡, 鎬	Ho	Ho	Hoh, Hu	6,106
홍	洪	Hong	Hong	Houng, Hyong	518,635
화	化	Hwa	Hwa	Howa, Wha	945
환	桓	Hwan	Hwan	Whan	157
황	黃	Hwang	Hwang	Whang, Hoang, Wang, Wong	644,294
황보	皇甫	Hwangbo	Hwangbo	Whangpoa	9,148
후	后, 候	Hu	Hu	Hoo	114
흥	興	Heung	Hŭng		462

Notes

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 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].
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Applies only to 梁 and 樑.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Applies only to 呂.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Applies only to 連.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Applies only to 柳 and 劉.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Applies only to 李.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Applies only to 林.

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