- Source: List of Korean surnames
This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order.
The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim (김), followed by Lee (이) and Park (박). 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 North Korea.
From 2015 South Korean statistics
As of 2015, at least 191 distinct surnames in Hangul and 514 distinct surnames in Hanja were in use.
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
Korean name
Korean culture
Korean language
List of common Chinese surnames
Notes
For these notes, see North–South differences in the Korean language.
References
= Sources
=Lee, Sang-oak (이상억) (16 September 2011). 성씨의 로마자 표기 정책 마련 연구 (PDF) (Report) (in Korean). Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
National Institute of Korean Language (25 June 2009). "성씨 로마자 표기 방안 마련을 위한 토론회" (PDF) (in Korean).
External links
(in Russian) Degrees of Courtesy and Communication Styles in the Korean Language, by K. B. Kurotchenko.
Image of pie graph showing the most prevalent surnames (according to 2000 statistics), in hangul and hanja
(in Korean) List including vanished names, with clan profiles
(in Korean) List of living names, with clan profiles
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