List of Korean surnames facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

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

The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim, followed by Lee and Park. These three family names are held by around half of the ethnic Korean population. As of 2015^[update], 286 Korean family names were in use. However, each family name is divided into one or more clans (bon-gwan) and to identify a person's family name, the identification of a person's clan is needed.

Hangul	Hanja	Revised	McCune–Reischauer	Other transliterations	Estimated distribution (2015)
가	價, 賈	Ga	Ka	Kar, Gar, Kah, Gah, Ca, Cah, Car	9,950
간	簡, 間	Gan	Kan	Gahn, Kahn	2,525
갈	葛	Gal	Kal	Karl, Garl, Gahl, Kahl, Cahl, Carl, Cal	2,086
감	甘	Gam	Kam	Kahm, Gahm, Cam	6,024
강	姜, 康, 強, 剛, 江, 㝩	Gang	Kang	Kahng, Khang	1,269,290
견	堅, 甄	Gyeon	Kyŏn	Kyun, Kyeon, Kyoun, Kyon	1,684
경	京, 慶, 景, 耿	Gyeong	Kyŏng	Kyung, Kyoung, Kyeong, Kyong	116,958
계	季, 桂	Gye	Kye	Kyeh, Kye, Kay, Kie, Kae, Gae	6,641
고	顧, 高	Go	Ko	Koh, Goh, Kho, Gho, Kor, Co	471,429
곡	曲, 谷	Gok	Kok	Kog, Gog, Cock, Gogh, Cough	101
공	公, 孔	Gong	Kong	Kohng, Koung, Goung, Khong, Cong	92,340
곽	廓, 槨, 郭	Gwak	Kwak	Kwag, Kwack, Gwag, Koak, Kuark, Quack, Quark	203,365
관	管, 關	Gwan	Kwan	Quan, Kuan, Guan	20
교	喬, 橋	Gyo	Kyo	Kyoh, Gyoh	26
구	丘, 仇, 具, 邱	Gu	Ku	Koo, Goo, Kou, Kuh, Khoo, Khu	208,550
국	國, 菊, 鞠, 鞫, 麴	Guk	Kuk	Kook, Gook, Kug, Gug, Cook, Kug	20,768
궁	宮, 弓	Gung	Kung	Koong, Kwoong	572
궉	鴌	Gwok	Kwŏk	Kwog, Gwog, Quock	183
권	權, 勸, 㩲, 券	Gwon	Kwŏn	Gwon, Kwon, Kweon, Kwun	706,212
근	斤	Geun	Kŭn	Keun, Kuen, Guen	170
금	琴, 禁, 芩, 金	Geum	Kŭm	Keum, Kum, Gum, Guem, Kuem	25,472
기	奇, 寄, 箕, 紀	Gi	Ki	Kee, Key, Gee, Ky, Khee, Kie	29,062
길	吉	Gil	Kil	Gill, Khil, Keel, Kihl, Kiehl, Kill	38,173
김	金	Gim	Kim	Ghim, Kym, Keem, Gym	10,689,967
나 (S) 라 (N)	羅, 蘿, 邏, 那	Na (S) Ra (N)	Na (S) Ra (N)	Nah, La, Rha, Rah, Law	161,015
난 (S) 란 (N)	欒	Nan (S) Ran (N)	Nan (S) Ran (N)	Nahn, Rahn, Nhan, Rhan, Lan, Lahn	8
남	南, 男	Nam	Nam	Nahm, Nham, Narm	275,659
남궁	南宫, 南宮	Namgung	Namgung	Namkung, Namgoong, Namkoong, Namkuhng, Namguhng	21,313
낭 (S) 랑 (N)	浪	Nang (S) Rang (N)	Nang (S) Rang (N)	Nahng, Lang	181
내	乃, 奈	Nae	Nae	Nai, Nay, Nea	374
노 (S) 로 (N)	努, 卢, 盧, 蘆, 虜, 路, 魯	No (S) Ro (N)	No (S) Ro (N)	Noh, Roh, Ro, No, Nau, Rau	315,372
뇌 (S) 뢰 (N)	雷	Noe (S) Roe (N)	Noe (S) Roe (N)	Roi, Noi	19
다	多	Da	Ta		7
단	單, 段, 端	Dan	Tan	Dahn, Than	1,632
담	譚	Dam	Tam	Tham, Dham, Dahm, Tahm	47
당	唐	Dang	Tang	Tang, Dhang, Thang	1,146
대	代, 大, 戴	Dae	Tae	Dai, Dea, Day, Tai, Tay, Tea	669
도	到, 度, 桃, 覩, 道, 都, 陶	Do	To	Dho, Doh, Toe, Doe, Toh	57,946
독고	獨孤	Dokgo	Tokko	Dokko, Toko, Doko, Dockko, Dogko, Togko, Tokgo	502
돈	頓	Don	Ton	Dohn, Tohn	117
동	東, 童, 董, 蕫, 薫	Dong	Tong	Tong, Dhong, Thong	5,936
동방	東方	Dongbang	Tongbang	Tongpang, Dongpang, Tongbang	180
두	杜	Du	Tu	Doo, Tu, Do, Dou, Tou, To, Too	6,428
등	滕, 鄧	Deung			20
등정	藤井	Deungjeong			5
라	羅, 蘿, 邏	Ra	Rah		25,974
란	欒	Ran	Rahn		10
랑	浪	Rang			125
려	呂	Ryeo		Ryuh	19
로	盧, 路, 魯	Roh			67
뢰	雷	Roe	Roi		19
류(유)	㧕, 劉, 柳	Ryu	Ryu	Ryou, Rou, Ryoo, Yu, Yoo, You, Yuh	163,994
리	李	Ree			240
림	林	Rim		Leem	47
마	馬, 麻	Ma	Ma	Mah, Mar	39,196
만	萬	Man	Man	Mann, Mahn	124
망절	網切	Mangjeol	Mangjŏl	Mangjul, Mangjuhl, Mangjoul	8
매	梅	Mae	Mae	May, Mea, Mai	201
맹	孟	Maeng	Maeng	Maing, Meang	22,028
명	明	Myeong	Myŏng	Myung, Myoung, Myong	29,110
모	慕, 毛, 牟	Mo	Mo	Moh, Moe	21,912
목	睦, 穆	Mok	Mok	Mock, Mog, Mork	8,859
묘	苗	Myo	Myo	Myoh, Mio	21
무	武	Mu	Mu	Moo	15
무본	武本	Mubon	Mubon		6
묵	墨	Muk	Muk	Mook	172
문	文, 門	Mun	Mun	Moon, Muhn	464,047
미	米	Mi	Mi	Mee, Mih, Meeh, Me	16
민	悶, 敏, 旻, 民, 珉, 閔	Min	Min	Minn, Mihn, Mean	171,799
박	博, 朴	Bak	Pak	Park, Back, Bahk, Pahk	4,192,080
반	潘, 班	Ban	Pan	Bahn, Pan, Pahn, Bhan, Van	28,223
방	房, 方, 旁, 芳, 邦, 防龐	Bang	Pang	Bhang, Bahng, Pahng, Phang	129,559
배	培, 背, 裵, 輩, 配	Bae	Pae	Bai, Bea, Pae, Pai, Bay, Pay	400,669
백	伯, 柏, 白, 百	Baek	Paek	Baik, Back, Paik, Pack, Beak	382,447
번	樊	Beon	Bun	Burn	6
범	範, 范	Beom	Pŏm	Bum, Bom, Peom, Pem, Pum, Puhm, Buhm	3,838
변	卞, 變, 邊	Byeon	Pyŏn	Byun, Byon, Pyun, Byoun, Pyon, Pyoun, Pyeon	138,802
보	保, 寶, 甫	Bo	Po	Boh, Poh	16
복	卜	Bok	Pok	Pock, Bog, Pog, Bock	9,538
복호	卜扈	Bokho	Pokho	Pockhoh, Boghoh, Poghoh, Bockhoh	5
봉	奉, 鳳	Bong	Pong	Bhong, Bohng, Pohng, Vong	12,959
부	付, 傅, 夫, 富	Bu	Pu	Boo, Pu, Bou, Poo, Booh, Buh, Pou, Pooh	10,604
비	丕	Bi	Pi	Bee, Pee, Bih, Bhi, Pih, Phi	16
빈	彬, 濱, 貧, 賓, 賔	Bin	Pin	Been, Pihn, Phin, Bean, Bihn, Pean	5,782
빙	氷	Bing	Ping		763
부여	夫餘	Buyeo	Puyŏ		89
사	史, 司, 沙, 舍, 謝	Sa	Sa	Sah, Sar	10,998
사공	司公, 司空	Sagong	Sagong	Sakong, Sagoung, Sakoung	4,488
산	山	San	San	Sahn, Sarn	9
삼	杉, 森	Sam	Sam	Sahm, Sarm	38
상	商, 尙, 尚, 常	Sang	Sang	Sahng	2,416
서	俆, 徐, 書, 緖, 西	Seo	Sŏ	Suh, Surh, Su, Sur, So, Seoh	752,233
서문	西問, 西門	Seomun	Sŏmun	Suhmun, Suhmoon, Seomoon, Somoon	2,044
석	席, 昔, 石, 釋	Seok	Sŏk	Suk, Sok, Suck, Sek, Such	60,607
선	善, 宣, 鮮	Seon	Sŏn	Sun, Son, Suhn, Sen	42,842
선우	蘚于, 鮮于, 鮮宇, 鮮牛	Seonu	Sŏnu	Sunwoo, Seonwoo, Sonu, Sunoo, Sunwou, Seonwu, Sonwu	3,648
설	偰, 卨, 楔, 薛, 辥, 雪	Seol	Sŏl	Sul, Seul, Sol, Sull	45,692
섭	葉	Seob	Sub	Subb, Sup, Seop	75
성	城, 宬, 成, 星, 盛	Seong	Sŏng	Sung, Soung, Song	199,160
소	卲, 小, 所, 昭, 簫, 肖, 蕭, 蘇, 邵	So	So	Soh, Sou, Sow	53,856
손	孫, 損, 蓀, 遜	Son	Son	Sohn, Soun	457,356
송	宋, 松, 送	Song	Song	Soung	683,521
수	水, 洙, 隋	Su	Su	Soo, Sooh	47
순	淳, 筍, 舜, 荀, 順, 旬	Sun	Sun	Soon	1,237
승	承, 昇	Seung	Sŭng	Sung	3,430
시	施, 時, 柴	Si	Si	Shi, Shie, Shee, Sie, Sea, See	4,354
신	伸, 信, 愼, 新, 申, 莘, 辛	Sin	Sin	Shin, Shinn, Sheen, Seen, Sinn, Cynn	986,001
심	心, 沁, 沈, 深	Sim	Sim	Shim, Seem, Sheem, Sihm	272,049
아	阿	A	A	Ah, Ar	529
안	安, 案, 顔	An	An	Ahn, Arn, Aan	685,688
애	艾	Ae	Ae	Ay, Ai, Ea	24
야	夜	Ya	Ya	Yah, Yar	77
양 (S) 량 (N)	揚, 梁, 楊, 樑, 樣, 洋, 粱, 陽	Yang (S) Ryang (N)	Yang (S) Ryang (N)	Ryang, Lyang	530,554
어	漁, 魚	Eo	Ŏ	Uh, Urh, Eoh	18,929
어금	魚金	Eogeum	Ŏgŭm	Eokeum, Okeum, Okum, Ukeum, Ugeum, Ukum, Uhgeum, Uhkuem	8
엄	㘙, 儼, 嚴	Eom	Ŏm	Um, Uhm, Oum, Ohm	144,660
여 (S) 려 (N)	余, 呂, 黎, 予	Yeo (S) Ryeo (N)	Yŏ (S) Ryŏ (N)	Yu, Yo, Yeu, Yuh, Yeo, Yoh	80,672
연 (S) 련 (N)	延, 涎, 燕, 連	Yeon (S) Ryeon (N)	Yŏn (S) Ryŏn (N)	Youn, Yun, Yon, Yeun, Yeoun, Yuhn	34,850
염 (S) 렴 (N)	廉, 簾, 閻	Yeom (S) Ryeom (N)	Yŏm (S) Ryŏm (N)	Yum, Youm, Yeum, Yom, Yeoum	69,428
엽	葉	Yeop	Yŏp	Yeob, Youb, Yeop, Yub, Yup, Yob	571
영	影, 榮	Yeong	Yŏng	Young, Yung	24
예	倪, 禮, 芮, 藝	Ye	Ye	Yeh	13,587
오	五, 伍, 吳, 吾, 晤	O	O	Oh, Oe, Au, Ou, Awh	763,334
옥	玉	Ok	Ok	Ock, Ohk, Oak, Og, Ohg, Oag, Ogh	25,107
온	溫	On	On	Ohn, Ohnn	5,418
옹	邕, 雍	Ong	Ong	Ohng, Oung	967
완	阮	Wan	Wan	Warn	6
왕	汪,王	Wang	Wang		25,581
요	姚	Yo	Yo	You	29
용 (S) 룡 (N)	龍	Yong (S) Ryong (N)	Yong (S) Ryong (N)	Ryong, Lyong	15,276
우	于, 偶, 宇, 寓, 尤, 愚, 牛, 禹, 遇	U	U	Woo, Wu, Ou, Wo, Uh	195,729
운	芸, 雲	Un	Un	Woon, Wun, Whun, Wuhn	118
원	元, 原, 圓, 苑, 袁, 阮, 院	Won	Wŏn	Weon, Woen, Wone, Wun, One, Worn, Warn	130,174
위	偉, 衛, 韋, 魏	Wi	Wi	Wee, We, Wie	32,191
유 (S) 류 (N)	兪, 劉, 庾, 有, 杻, 枊, 柳, 楡, 由, 裕	Yu (S) Ryu (N)	Yu (S) Ryu (N)	Yoo, You	963,498
육 (S) 륙 (N)	陸	Yuk (S) Ryuk (N)	Yuk (S) Ryuk (N)	Yook, Youk, Yug, Ryuk, Yuck	23,455
윤	尹, 允, 潤	Yun	Yun	Yoon, Youn, Yune, Yeun	1,020,564
은	殷, 恩, 隱, 銀, 誾	Eun	Ŭn	Ehn, Enn, Unn, En, Un	16,927
음	陰	Eum	Ŭm	Um, Em, Yeum, Uem	5,604
이 (S) 리 (N)	李, 㛅, 伊, 利, 怡, 異	I (S) Ri (N)	Yi (S) Ri (N)	Lee, Yi, Rhee, Ree, Reeh, Ee, Rie, Rhie	7,307,237
인	印	In	In	Ihn, Yin, Inn, Lin, Ean	22,363
임 (S) 림 (N)	任, 壬, 恁, 林	Im (S) Rim (N)	Im (S) Rim (N)	Lim, Yim, Rim, Leem, Rhim, Eam	1,015,200
자	慈	Ja	Cha	Jar	75
장	張, 場, 壯, 將, 庄, 漿, 章, 臧, 莊, 葬, 蔣, 藏, 裝, 長	Jang	Chang	Jang, Chang, Jahng, Jhang, Zang	1,021,107
전	全, 戰, 田, 錢	Jeon	Chŏn	Jun, Chun, Chon, Cheon	749,266
점	佔	Jeom	Chŏm	Jum	158
정	鄭, 丁, 定, 情, 政, 桯, 正, 程	Jeong	Chŏng	Chung, Jung, Joung, Chong, Cheong, Choung	2,407,601
제	諸, 齊	Je	Che	Jae, Jea, Che, Jei, Jhe	21,988
제갈	諸葛, 諸曷, 諸渴	Jegal	Chegal	Jaegal, Jekal, Jeagal, Jikal, Chegal, Chekal	5,735
조	趙, 刁, 曺, 朝, 調, 造, 曹	Jo	Cho	Cho, Joe, Joh, Jou	1,453,971
종	宗, 鍾	Jong	Chong	Chong	681
좌	佐, 左	Jwa	Chwa	Chwa, Joa, Choa	3,383
주	主, 周, 朱, 株, 珠	Ju	Chu	Joo, Chu, Choo, Chow, Jou, Zoo, Jew, Zu	232,063
증	增, 曾	Jeung	Chŭng	Jung, Cheung, Chung	18
지	地, 智, 池, 遲	Ji	Chi	Jee, Gi, Chee, Gee, Jhi	160,147
진	䄅, 晋, 珍, 眞, 秦, 蔯, 進, 陣, 陳	Jin	Chin	Chin, Jeen, Gin	186,310
차	車, 次	Cha	Ch'a	Char, Chah	194,788
창	倉, 昌	Chang	Ch'ang	Chahng	1,095
채	菜, 蔡, 采	Chae	Ch'ae	Chai, Che, Chea, Chay	131,757
천	千, 天, 川	Cheon	Ch'ŏn	Chun, Chon, Choun	121,927
초	初, 楚	Cho	Ch'o	Chu, Chou, Choh	236
최	催, 寉, 崔, 最	Choe	Ch'oe	Choi, Che, Choy, Chwe, Chey	2,340,582
추	秋, 鄒	Chu	Ch'u	Choo, Chou, Chyu	60,561
탁	卓	Tak	T'ak	Tark, Tag, Tack, Tahk	21,099
탄	彈	Tan	T'an	Tahn, Tann	149
태	太, 泰	Tae	T'ae	Tai, Tay, Tea, Thae	9,073
판	判	Pan	P'an	Pahn, Phan, Parn, Pann	278
팽	彭	Paeng	P'aeng	Pang, Paing, Peng, Peang	2,935
편	片	Pyeon	P'yŏn	Pyun, Pyon, Pyoun, Pyen	16,689
평	平	Pyeong	P'yŏng	Pyung, Pyong, Pyoung, Pyeng	515
포	包	Po	P'o	Pho, Poh, Paul, For, Four	57
표	俵, 表	Pyo	P'yo	Phyo, Pio, Peo, Pyoh, Pyou	30,749
풍	馮	Pung	P'ung	Poong, Puhng, Poohng	651
피	皮	Pi	P'i	Pee, Phee, Phi, Phy, Pih, Fee	6,578
필	弼, 畢	Pil	P'il	Phil, Peel, Fill, Feel	174
하	何, 夏, 河	Ha	Ha	Hah, Har	233,106
학	郝	Hak	Hak	Hag, Hahk, Hahg, Hack	35
한	恨, 汗, 漢, 韓	Han	Han	Hahn, Hann, Hanh	773,537
함	咸	Ham	Ham	Hahm, Hamm, Haam, Harm	80,659
해	海, 解	Hae	Hae	Hay, Hai, Hea	155
허	許	Heo	Hŏ	Hur, Huh, Her, Hu, Ho, Hoh, Heoh	326,782
현	玄, 賢	Hyeon	Hyŏn	Hyun, Hyon, Hyoun	88,831
형	刑, 形, 邢	Hyeong	Hyŏng	Hyung, Hyoung, Hyong, Hyeung	7,328
호	扈, 湖, 胡, 虎, 鎬	Ho	Ho	Hoh	5,853
홍	㤨, 䜤, 哄, 弘, 洪, 烘, 紅	Hong	Hong	Houng, Hoong, Hung	558,994
화	化	Hwa	Hwa	Howa, Hoa, Wha, Hua	915
황	晃, 潢, 煌, 皇, 簧, 荒, 黃	Hwang	Hwang	Whang, Whong	697,475
황목	荒木	Hwangmok	Hwangmok	Whangmock, Wangmok	5
황보	皇甫, 黃甫	Hwangbo	Hwangbo	Hwangpo, Whangpoh	10,427
후	侯, 候, 后	Hu	Hu	Hoo, Hooh, Huh	74
Other					91,107

List of Korean surnames facts for kids

See also