List of Korean family names

This is a list of Korean family names, in Hangul alphabetical order. Note: (S) denotes South Korea. (N) denotes North Korea.

The most common Korean family name (particularly in South Korea) is Kim, followed by Lee and Park. Together, these three family names are held by around half of the ethnic Korean population. As of 2000, 286 Korean family names were in use.^[1] However, each family name is divided into one or more clans (bon-gwan) and in order to identify a person's family name, the identification of a person's clan is needed.

Hangul	Hanja	Revised	McCune-Reischauer	Possible transliterations	Estimated distribution (2000)[2]
가	賈	Ga	Ka	Kar, Gar, Kah, Gah	9,090
간	簡	Gan	Kan	Gahn, Kahn	2,429
갈	葛	Gal	Kal	Karl, Garl, Gahl, Kahl	3,178
감	甘	Gam	Kam	Kahm, Gahm	5,998
강	姜, 剛, 康, 強, 彊, 江	Gang	Kang	Kahng, Khang	1,169,805
강전	岡田	Gangjeon	Kangjŏn	Gangjun, Gangjon, Kangjun, Kangjeon, Kangjoun, Gangjoun	51
개	介	Gae	Kae	Kay, Gai, Kai	86
견	堅, 甄	Gyeon	Kyŏn	Kyun, Kyeon, Kyoun, Kyon	1,670
경	慶, 景, 京	Gyeong	Kyŏng	Kyung, Kyoung, Kyeong, Kyong	15,784
계	桂	Gye	Kye	Kyeh, Kye, Kay, Kie	6,282
고	高	Go	Ko	Koh, Goh, Kho, Gho, Kor	435,839
곡	曲	Gok	Kok	Kog, Gog	155
공	孔, 公, 龔	Gong	Kong	Kohng, Koung, Goung, Khong	85,606
곽	郭	Gwak	Kwak	Kwag, Kwack, Gwag, Koak, Kuark	187,322
교	橋	Gyo	Kyo	Kyoh, Gyoh	41
구	具, 丘, 邱	Gu	Ku	Koo, Goo, Kou, Kuh, Khoo, Khu	192,302
국	國, 菊, 鞠	Guk	Kuk	Kook, Gook, Kug, Gug, Cook	18,976
군	君	Gun	Kun	Koon, Goon, Guhn, Kuhn	46
궁	弓	Gung	Kung	Koong, Kwoong	562
궉	鴌	Gwok	Kwŏk	Kwog, Gwog	248
권	權	Gwon	Kwŏn	Kwon, Kweon	652,495
근	斤	Geun	Kŭn	Keun	242
금	琴 ，今 ，金	Geum	Kŭm	Keum, Kum, Gum, Guem, Kuem	23,489
기	奇, 箕	Gi	Ki	Kee, Key, Gee, Ky, Khee, Kie	26,679
길	吉	Gil	Kil	Gill, Khil, Keel, Kihl, Kiehl	32,418
김	金	Gim	Kim	Ghim, Kym, Keem	9,925,949
나 (S) 라 (N)	羅	Na (S) Ra (N)	Na (S) Ra (N)	Nah, La, Rha, Rah, Paw	172,022
난 (S) 란 (N)	欒	Nan (S) Ran (N)	Nan (S) Ran (N)	Nahn, Rahn, Nhan, Rhan	80
남	南	Nam	Nam	Nahm, Nham, Narm	257,178
남궁	南宮	Namgung	Namgung	Namkung, Namgoong, Namkoong, Namkuhng, Namguhng	18,743
낭 (S) 랑 (N)	浪 ，郞	Nang (S) Rang (N)	Nang (S) Rang (N)	Nahng, Lang	341
내	乃, 奈	Nae	Nae	Nai, Nay	440
노 (S) 로 (N)	盧, 魯, 路	No (S) Ro (N)	No (S) Ro (N)	Noh, Roh, Ro	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
단	段	Dan	Tan	Dahn, Than	1,585
담	譚	Dam	Tam	Tham, Dham, Dahm, Tahm	57
당	唐	Dang	Tang	Tang, Dhang, Thang	1,025
대	大	Dae	Tae	Dai, Dea, Day	606
도	道, 都, 陶	Do	To	Doh, Toe, Doe, Toh	54,779
독고	獨孤	Dokgo	Tokko	Dokko, Toko, Tokko, Dockko, Dogko, Togko, Doko	807
돈	頓	Don	Ton	Dohn, Tohn	115
동	董	Dong	Tong	Tong, Dhong, Thong	5,564
동방	東方	Dongbang	Tongbang	Tongpang, Dongpang	220
두	杜	Du	Tu	Doo, Tu, Do, Dou, Tou, To, Too	5,958
류(유)	柳	Ryu	Ryu	Ryou, Rou, Ryoo,Yu,Yoo,Yuh	603,084
마	馬, 麻	Ma	Ma	Mah, Mar	36,094
만	萬	Man	Man	Mann, Mahn	172
망절	網切	Mangjeol	Mangjŏl	Mangjul, Mangjuhl, Mangjoul	10
매	梅	Mae	Mae	May	222
맹	孟	Maeng	Maeng	Maing	20,219
명	明	Myeong	Myŏng	Myung, Myoung, Myong	26,746
모	毛, 牟	Mo	Mo	Moh, Moe	19,834
목	睦, 穆, 木	Mok	Mok	Mock, Mog, Mork	8,191
묘	苗	Myo	Myo	Myoh, Mio	61
묵	墨	Muk	Muk	Mook	179
문	門, 文	Mun	Mun	Moon, Muhn	426,927
미	米	Mi	Mi	Mee, Mih, Meeh	199
민	閔	Min	Min	Minn, Mihn	159,054
박	朴	Bak	Pak	Park, Bahk, Pahk	3,895,121
반	班, 潘	Ban	Pan	Bahn, Pan, Pahn, Bhan, Van	26,171
방	方, 房, 邦, 龐	Bang	Pang	Bhang, Bahng, Pahng, Phang	119,703
배	裴 (裵 is an alternative of 裴)	Bae	Pae	Bai, Pae, Pai, Bay, Pay	372,064
백	白	Baek	Paek	Baik, Back, Paik, Pack	351,275
범	凡, 范	Beom	Pŏm	Bum, Bom, Peom, Pum, Puhm, Buhm	3,472
변	卞, 邊	Byeon	Pyŏn	Byun, Byon, Pyun, Byoun, Pyon, Pyoun, Pyeon	131,554
복	卜	Bok	Pok	Pock, Bog, Pog, Bock	8,644
봉	奉, 鳳	Bong	Pong	Bhong, Bohng, Pohng, Vong	11,819
부	夫, 傅	Bu	Pu	Boo, Pu, Bou, Poo, Booh, Buh, Pou, Pooh	9,592
비	丕	Bi	Pi	Bee, Pee, Bih, Bhi, Pih, Phi	90
빈	賓, 彬	Bin	Pin	Been, Pihn, Phin, Bean, Bihn, Pean	5,252
빙	氷	Bing	Ping		727
사	史, 舍, 謝	Sa	Sa	Sah, Sar	10,118
사공	司空	Sagong	Sagong	Sakong, Sagoung, Sakoung	4,307
삼	森, 杉	Sam	Sam	Sahm, Sarm	51
상	尙	Sang	Sang	Sahng	2,298
서	西, 徐	Seo	Sŏ	Suh, Surh, Su, Sur, So, Seoh	695,249
서문	西門	Seomun	Sŏmun	Suhmun, Suhmoon, Seomoon, Somoon	1,861
석	昔, 石	Seok	Sŏk	Suk, Sok, Suck, Sek	54,610
선	宣	Seon	Sŏn	Sun, Son, Suhn, Sen	38,849
선우	鮮于	Seonu	Sŏnu	Sunwoo, Seonwoo, Sonu, Sunoo, Sunwou, Seonwu, Sonwu	3,560
설	薛, 偰	Seol	Sŏl	Sul, Seul, Sol, Sull	42,064
성	成, 星	Seong	Sŏng	Sung, Soung, Song	185,363
소	蘇, 邵	So	So	Soh	49,456
소봉	小峰	Sobong	Sobong	Sohbong, Sopong, Shobong, Sohpong, Shopong	18
손	孫	Son	Son	Sohn, Soun	415,182
송	宋, 松	Song	Song	Soung	639,082
수	水, 洙	Su	Su	Soo, Sooh	199
순	荀, 舜, 淳, 順	Sun	Sun	Soon	1,296
승	昇, 承	Seung	Sŭng	Sung	3,304
시	柴, 施	Si	Si	Shi, See, Sie, Sea	3,928
신	申, 辛, 愼	Sin	Sin	Shin, Shinn, Sheen, Seen, Sinn, Cynn	911,556
심	沈	Sim	Sim	Shim, Seem, Sheem, Sihm	252,255
십	什	Sip	Sip	Ship, Sihp, Seep, Sib, Seeb, Sihb	82
아	阿	A	A	Ah, Ar	632
안	安	An	An	Ahn, Arn, Aan	637,786
애	艾	Ae	Ae	Ay, Ai	123
야	夜	Ya	Ya	Yah, Yar	180
양 (S) 량 (N) ^1	梁, 楊, 樑, 襄	Yang (S) Ryang (N) ^1	Yang (S) Ryang (N) ^1	Ryang, Lyang	486,645
어	魚	Eo	Ŏ	Uh, Urh, Eoh	17,551
어금	魚金	Eogeum	Ŏgŭm	Eokeum, Okeum, Okum, Ukeum, Ugeum, Ukum	51
엄	嚴	Eom	Ŏm	Um, Uhm, Oum, Ohm	132,990
여 (S) 려 (N) ^2	余, 呂, 汝	Yeo (S) Ryeo (N) ^2	Yŏ (S) Ryŏ (N) ^2	Yu, Yo, Yeu, Yuh, Yeo, Yoh	75,196
연 (S) 련 (N) ^3	連, 燕, 延	Yeon (S) Ryeon (N) ^3	Yŏn (S) Ryŏn (N) ^3	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, Yob	127
영	永, 榮, 影	Yeong	Yŏng	Young	259
예	芮, 乂	Ye	Ye	Yeh	12,656
오	伍, 吳, 呉	O	O	Oh, Oe, Au, Ou	706,908
옥	玉	Ok	Ok	Ock, Ohk, Oak, Og, Ohg, Oag	22,964
온	溫	On	On	Ohn, Ohnn	5,081
옹	邕, 雍	Ong	Ong	Ohng, Oung	964
왕	王, 汪	Wang	Wang		23,447
요	姚	Yo	Yo		198
용 (S) 룡 (N)	龍	Yong (S) Ryong (N)	Yong (S) Ryong (N)	Ryong, Lyong	14,067
우	於, 禹	U	U	Woo, Wu, Ou, Wo, Uh	180,141
운	雲, 芸	Un	Un	Woon, Wun, Whun, Wuhn	170
원	元, 袁, 苑	Won	Wŏn	Weon, Woen, Wone, Wun, One	120,465
위	韋, 魏	Wi	Wi	Wee, We, Wie	30,496
유 (S) 류 (N) ^4	劉, 兪, 庾	Yu (S) Ryu (N) ^4	Yu (S) Ryu (N) ^4	Yoo, You	437,900
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	Un, Unn	15,657
음	陰	Eum	Ŭm	Um, Em, Yeum	5,936
이 (S) 리 (N) ^5	李, 伊, 異	I (S) Ri (N) ^5	Yi (S) Ri (N) ^5	Lee, Yi, Rhee, Ree, Rie, Rhie	6,796,227
인	印	In	In	Ihn, Yin, Inn, Lin	20,635
임	任	Im	Im	Im, Yim	99,986
임 (S) 림 (N) ^6	林	Im (S) Rim (N) ^6	Im (S) Rim (N) ^6	Lim, Yim, Rim, Leem, Rhim	635,507
자	慈	Ja	Cha		178
장	莊, 章, 張, 蔣	Jang	Chang	Chang, Jahng, Jhang	949,257
장곡	長谷	Janggok	Changgok		52
저	邸	Jeo	Chŏ		48
전	全, 田, 錢	Jeon	Chŏn	Jun, Chun, Chon, Cheon	687,867
점	佔	Jeom	Chŏm		516
정	丁, 程, 鄭	Jeong	Chŏng	Chung, Jung, Joung, Chong, Cheong, Choung	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	962
좌	左	Jwa	Chwa	Chwa, Joa, Choa	3,130
주	周, 朱	Ju	Chu	Joo, Chu, Choo, Chow, Jou, Zoo, Jew, Zu	515,010
준	俊	Jun	Chun	Juhn, Jhun, Choon, Joon, Chuhn	72
즙	辻	Jeup	Chŭp	Jup, Jub, Jeub, Cheup, Chup, Cheub, Chub	4
증	增, 曾	Jeung	Chŭng	Jung, Cheung, Chung	6
지	智, 池	Ji	Chi	Jee, Gi, Chee, Gee, Jhi	147,572
진	晉, 眞, 陳, 秦	Jin	Chin	Chin, Jeen, Gin	170,980
차	車	Cha	Ch'a	Char, Chah	180,589
창	昌, 倉	Chang	Ch'ang	Chahng	1,179
채	采, 菜, 蔡	Chae	Ch'ae	Chai, Che	119,251
천	天, 千	Cheon	Ch'ŏn	Chun, Chon, Choun	112,227
초	楚, 肖	Cho	Ch'o	Chu, Chou, Choh	351
최	崔	Choe	Ch'oe	Choi, Che, Choy, Chwe, Chey	2,169,704
추	秋, 鄒	Chu	Ch'u	Choo, Chou, Chyu	55,309
탁	卓	Tak	T'ak	Tark, Tag, Tack, Tahk	19,395
탄	彈	Tan	T'an	Tahn, Tann	155
태	太	Tae	T'ae	Tai, Tay	8,165
판	判	Pan	P'an	Pahn, Phan, Parn, Pann	290
팽	彭	Paeng	P'aeng	Pang, Paing, Peng	2,825
편	片	Pyeon	P'yŏn	Pyun, Pyon, Pyoun, Pyen	15,308
평	平	Pyeong	P'yŏng	Pyung, Pyong, Pyoung, Pyeng	608
포	包	Po	P'o	Pho, Poh	129
표	表	Pyo	P'yo	Phyo, Pio, Peo, Pyoh	28,398
풍	馮	Pung	P'ung	Poong, Puhng, Poohng	586
피	皮	Pi	P'i	Pee, Phee, Phi, Phy, Pih	6,303
필	弼	Pil	P'il	Phil, Peel	251
하	河, 夏	Ha	Ha	Hah, Har	213,758
학	學	Hak	Hak	Hag, Hahk, Hahg	101
한	韓, 漢	Han	Han	Hahn, Hann	715,556
함	咸	Ham	Ham	Hahm, Hamm, Haam	75,955
해	海	Hae	Hae	Hay, Hai	322
허	許	Heo	Hŏ	Hur, Huh, Her, Hu, Ho, Hoh, Heoh	300,448
현	玄	Hyeon	Hyŏn	Hyun, Hyon, Hyoun	81,807
형	邢	Hyeong	Hyŏng	Hyung, Hyoung, Hyong, Hyeung	6,640
호	扈, 胡, 鎬	Ho	Ho	Hoh	6,106
홍	洪	Hong	Hong	Houng	518,635
화	化	Hwa	Hwa	Howa, Hoa	945
환	桓	Hwan	Hwan	Hoan, Howan	157
황	黃	Hwang	Hwang		644,294
황보	皇甫	Hwangbo	Hwangbo	Hwangpo	9,148
후	後, 候	Hu	Hu	Hoo, Hooh, Huh	114
흥	興	Heung	Hŭng	Huhng	462

• ^1 Applies only to 梁 and 樑.
• ^2 Applies only to 呂.
• ^3 Applies only to 連.
• ^4 Applies only to 劉.
• ^5 Applies only to 李.
• ^6 Applies only to 林.

See also

• Korean name
• Family register (Hangul: 호주, Hanja: 戶主)
• Korean language
• Korean culture
• List of Korea-related topics
• List of common Chinese surnames

References

1. Zwetsloot, Jacco (2009-04-12). "Everything you ever wanted to know about Korean surnames". korea.net. Korean Culture and Information Service. Retrieved 2015-01-18.
2. Population figures are based on 2000 records from the Korean National Statistical Office. The figures for the 22 most popular surnames include estimates from North Korea, while figures for other names refer to South Korea only.

External links

• (Russian) Degrees of Courtesy and Communication Styles in the Korean Language, by K. B. Kurotchenkо.
• Image of pie graph showing the most prevalent names, in Hangul and Hanja

The links below are solely in Korean.

• List including vanished names, with clan profiles.
• List of living names, with clan profiles.
• List of names with Naver Encyclopedia entries.
• 2000 South Korean census results data by surname and clan.
• 2000 South Korean census results by surname and clan.
• 2000 South Korean census results by surname, sorted.
• South Korean statistics portal site.