• Source: Uiryeong Nam clan

Uiryeong Nam clan (Korean: 의령 남씨; Hanja: 宜寧 南氏) is a Korean clan. Their Bon-gwan is in Uiryeong County, South Gyeongsang Province. According to research from 2015, the number of people in Uiryeong Nam clan was 162729. Their founder was Nam Min. Before he became naturalized, he was dispatched to Japan as an envoy. However, on his way back to Korea, he had a shipwreck because of a typhoon. He was granted his new surname (i.e. clan name) Nam (Hanja: 南氏) by Gyeongdeok of Silla because he was from Runan County (Hanja: 汝南), China.




See also


Korean clan names of foreign origin




References






External links


Doosan Encyclopedia 외래귀화성씨 外來歸化姓氏. Doosan Encyclopedia.

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• Uiryeong Nam clan
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• Nam Byeong-gil
• Nam Gon
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• Queen Hyoui
• Korean clans of foreign origin
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• Nam Kyung-pil