Ahn (Korean name)
| Ahn | |
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| Hangul | 안 |
| Hanja | 安 |
| Revised Romanization | An |
| McCune–Reischauer | An |
Ahn, also romanized An, is a Korean family name. It literally means "tranquility." In 2000, there were 637,786 people bearing this surname in South Korea [1], making it the 20th most common family name in the country, with roughly 2% of the country's population. North Korea does not release figures for surnames, but the percentage is expected to be similar.
The surname is also used in China.
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[edit] Clans
In the traditional Korean clan system, which is still the basis of family registry in South Korea, each clan is distinguished by its bon-gwan, the notional ancestral seat of the clan. Typically each clan claims a different person as its founder, although there are exceptions. 109 Ahn clans are extant today. However, most of these are very small. The majority of Ahn's claim membership in the Sungheung Ahn clan (the highest and noble clan of Ahn's). The Kwangju and Juksan clans are also quite large and are associated with "blue-blood" status; in addition to these, the Tamjin, Gongsan, Chungju, Dongju, Jeuongwon, Ansan, Jecheon, Angang, and Jucheon clans are significant.
[edit] Sunheung Clan (Dominant Clan)
The 2000 South Korean census counted 468,827 members of the "Sunheung" Ahn clan (순흥안씨, 順興安氏). Their ancestral seat is in modern-day Sunheung-myeon, in Yeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. They have enjoyed "blue-blood" status as nobility (Yang-Ban) since their earliest history in the Koryeo (Koryo) Dynasty and throughout the Chosun Dynasty (July 1392 - August 1910). The founder of the Sunheung Ahn was a famously petty and meticulous official of Koryeo named Ahn Ja-mi. The Neo-Confucian philosopher An Hyang, who introduced the Confucian social and government system to Korea, was his great-grandson, and is generally numbered among the clan's most illustrious members. During Colonial Japan and during the founding of the democratic government of Korea, the most influential and respected figure is Ahn Chang Ho (Title: Dosan) and his life ended shortly after his arrest and release by the Imperial Japanese Government.
[edit] List of persons with the surname
- Ahn Chang-ho, Korean independence leader and early Korean American organizer
- Ahn Cheol-Soo, South Korean businessperson
- Ahn Daniel, member of South Korean boyband Teen Top
- Ahn Eak-tae (1906–1965), Korean composer
- Ahn Eung Choon (born 1941), 9th Dan, Grandmaster in taekwondo, founder of the Hae San Martial Arts Association
- Ahn Hyun-soo, three-time gold medalist in the Winter Olympics
- Ahn Jae-wook (born 1971), Korean actor, composer and singer
- Ahn Jung-hwan (born 1976), South Korean football player
- Ahn Jung-hyo (born 1941), South Korean novelist and translator
- Ahn Sang-soo, former chairperson of the Grand National Party
- Ahn Sohee, member of South Korean girl group Wonder Girls
- Ahn Soo-kil (1911–1977), novelist
- Ahn Sung-ki, South Korean actor
- Ahn Sung-Nam, South Korean football player
- Ahn Tae-Eun, South Korean football player
- Ahn Yong-Kyu, Grandmaster in Taekwondo, educator, researcher, professor at the Korea National Sport University
- An Chang-nam, first Korean pilot
- An Hyang, philosopher of the late Goryeo period
- An Ji Hwan, South Korean voice actor
- An Jung-geun (1879–1910), Korean independence fighter
- Byong Man Ahn, South Korean academic
- Danny Ahn, South Korean singer and part of g.o.d
- Ahn Chil-hyun, South Korean singer-songwriter, known as KangTa
- Mikhail An (1952–1979), Soviet footballer
- Philip Ahn (1905–1978), Korean-American actor and Ahn Chang Ho's son
- Priscilla Ahn (born 1984), Korean-American musician
- Ahn Kim (born 2010), character in Korean-American playwright Jason Kim's play
- Ahn Jaehyo, member of South Korean boy group Block B
- Ahn (An) Vladimir (born 1995, 1 November), player of Football Team "Bunyodqor" (Uzbekistan, Tashkent)
- Heejune Ahn (born 1970), an electrical and computer scientist and professor at Seoultech, majored in embedded system and multimedia system
[edit] See also
- The Ahn Trio, classical piano trio.
- List of Korean family names
- Korean name
- Korean culture
- List of Korea-related topics
[edit] External links
- (Korean) Sunheung Ahn Association
