List of Korean surnames

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 surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim, followed by Lee (Rhee, Yi) (second most common) and Park (Pak) (third most common). Together, these top three surnames make up slightly more than half of the Korean population (based on South Korea).

ㄱ

Hangul	Hanja	Revised	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
가	賈	Ga	Ka	Ka, Kah, Gah	9,090
간	簡	Gan	Kan	Kan, Khan	2,429
갈	葛	Gal	Kal	Kal, Garl, Gahl, Karl, Carl	3,178
감	甘	Gam	Kam	Kam, Kahm, Karm	5,998
강	姜, 剛, 康, 强, 彊	Gang	Kang	Kang, Kahng, Kwang, Khang	1,169,805
강전	岡田	Gangjeon	Kangjŏn		51
개	介	Gae	Kae		86
견	堅, 甄	Gyeon	Kyŏn	Kyun, Kyeon, Kyen, Kyoun, Kyon, Kwion	1,670
경	慶, 景, 京	Gyeong	Kyŏng	Kyung, Kyoung, Kyeong, Kyong, Kung	15,784
계	桂	Gye	Kye	Kye, Kay, Kae, Gae, Keh	6,282
고	高	Go	Ko	Ko, Koh, Goh, Kho, Gho, Kor	435,839
곡	曲	Gok	Kok	Kok	155
공	孔, 公	Gong	Kong	Kong, Kohng, Koung, Goung, Khong	85,606
곽	郭	Gwak	Kwak	Kwak, Kwag, Kwack, Gwag, Koak	187,322
교	橋	Gyo	Kyo		41
구	具, 丘, 邱	Gu	Ku	Koo, Ku, Goo, Kou, Kuh	192,302
국	國, 菊, 鞠	Guk	Kuk	Kook, Kuk, Gook, Kug, Gug, Cook	19,284
군	君	Gun	Kun		46
궁	弓	Gung	Kung	Koong, Kung, Kwoong	562
궉	鴌	Gwok	Kwŏk	Kweag	248
권	權	Gwon	Kwŏn	Kwon, Kweon, Kwun, Gwon, Kwan	652,495
근	斤	Geun	Kŭn	Keun	242
금	琴	Geum	Kŭm	Keum, Kum, Gum, Guem, Kuem	23,489
기	箕	Gi	Ki	Ki, Kee, Key, Gee, Ky, Khee, Kie	26,679
길	吉	Gil	Kil	Kil, Gill, Khil, Kill, Keel, Kihl	32,418
김	金	Gim	Kim	Kim, Kym	18,925,949

ㄴ

Hangul	Hanja	Revised	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
나 (S) 라 (N)	羅	Na (S) Ra (N)	Na (S) Ra (N)	Ra, Nah, La, Rha, Rah	172,022
난 (S) 란 (N)	欒	Nan (S) Ran (N)	Nan (S) Ran (N)		80
남	南	Nam	Nam	Nahm, Nham, Narm	257,178
남궁	南宮	Namgung	Namgung	Namkung, Namkoong, Namgoong, Namkoung, Namgoog, Namgooing	18,743
낭 (S) 랑 (N)	浪	Nang (S) Rang (N)	Nang (S) Rang (N)	Nahng, Lang	341
내	乃, 奈	Nae	Nae	Na	440
노 (S) 로 (N)	盧, 魯, 路	No (S) Ro (N)	No (S) Ro (N)	Noh, Roh, Ro, Rho, Nho	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)		24

ㄷ

Hangul	Hanja	Revised	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
단	段	Dan	Tan	Dahn	1,585
담	譚	Dam	Tam		57
당	唐	Dang	Tang	Tang	1,025
대	大	Dae	Tae	Dai, Dea	606
도	道, 都, 陶	Do	To	Doh, Dho, To, Doe	54,779
독고	獨孤	Dokgo	Tokko	Dokko, Toko, Tokko, Dockko	807
돈	頓	Don	Ton		115
동	董	Dong	Tong	Tong, Dhong, Tung	5,564
동방	東方	Dongbang	Tongbang		220
두	杜	Du	Tu	Doo, Tu, Do, Dou	5,958

ㅁ

Hangul	Hanja	Revised	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
마	馬, 麻	Ma	Ma	Mah, Mar, Mha	36,094
만	萬	Man	Man	Mann	172
망절	網切	Mangjeol	Mangjŏl		10
매	梅	Mae	Mae	Mea	222
맹	孟	Maeng	Maeng	Mang, Meang, Maing, Meng, Maeing	20,219
명	明	Myeong	Myŏng	Myung, Myoung, Myong	26,746
모	毛, 牟	Mo	Mo	Moh, Moe, Mho, Mao	19,834
목	墨	Mok	Mok	Mock, Mog, Muk, Mork	8,191
묘	苗	Myo	Myo		61
묵	墨	Muk	Muk	Mook	179
문	門, 文	Mun	Mun	Moon	426,927
미	米	Mi	Mi		199
민	閔	Min	Min	Minn, Mihn	159,054

ㅂ

Hangul	Hanja	Revised	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
박	朴	Bak	Pak	Park, Pak, Bark, Pack	3,895,121
반	班, 潘	Ban	Pan	Bahn, Pan, Bhan, Van	26,171
방	方, 房, 邦, 龐	Bang	Pang	Pang, Bhang, Bahng, Pahng, Phang	119,703
배	裵	Bae	Pae	Bai, Bea, Pae, Pai	372,064
백	白	Baek	Paek	Baik, Back, Paik, Paek, Beak	351,275
범	凡, 范	Beom	Pŏm	Bum, Bom	3,472
변	卞, 邊	Byeon	Pyŏn	Byun, Byon, Pyun, Byoun, Pyon	131,554
복	卜	Bok	Pok	Pok, Pock, Bog	8,644
봉	奉, 鳳	Bong	Pong	Pong, Bhong, Vong	11,819
부	夫, 傅	Bu	Pu	Boo, Pu, Bou, Poo, Booh	9,592
비	丕	Bi	Pi	Bee	90
빈	賓, 彬	Bin	Pin	Been, Bhin, Pin, Bean	5,252
빙	氷	Bing	Ping		727

ㅅ

Hangul	Hanja	Revised	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
사	史, 舍, 謝	Sa	Sa	Sha	10,118
사공	司空	Sagong	Sagong	Sakong, Sagoung	4,307
삼	森, 杉	Sam	Sam		51
상	尙	Sang	Sang		2,298
서	西, 徐	Seo	Sŏ	Suh, Su, Sur, So, Seu	695,249
서문	西門	Seomun	Sŏmun		1,861
석	昔, 石	Seok	Sŏk	Suk, Sok, Suck, Seuk, Seak	54,610
선	宣	Seon	Sŏn	Sun, Son, Suhn, Sen	38,849
선우	鮮于	Seonu	Sŏnu	Sunwoo, Seonwoo, Sonu, Sunoo, Sunwou	3,560
설	薛, 偰	Seol	Sŏl	Sul, Seul, Sol, Sull	42,064
섭	葉	Seop	Sŏp	Sup, Sub	450
성	成, 星	Seong	Sŏng	Sung, Soung, Seung, Song	185,363
소	蘇, 邵	So	So	Soh, Sho, Soo	49,456
소봉	小峰	Sobong	Sobong		18
손	孫	Son	Son	Sohn, Shon, Soon, Soun, Sun	415,182
송	宋, 松	Song	Song	Soung, Shong, Sung	639,082
수	水, 洙	Su	Su		199
순	荀, 舜, 淳, 順	Sun	Sun	Soon	1,296
승	昇, 承	Seung	Sŭng	Sung, Seoung, Seong	3,304
시	柴, 施	Si	Si	Shi, See, Sie, Sea	3,928
신	申, 辛, 愼	Sin	Sin	Shin, Shinn, Sheen, Chin, Seen	911,556
심	沈	Sim	Sim	Shim, Seem, Sheem, Shimn, Sihm	252,255
십	什	Sip	Sip		82

ㅇ

Hangul	Hanja	Revised	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
아	阿	A	A	Ah	632
안	安	An	An	Ahn, Ann, Aan	637,786
애	艾	Ae	Ae		123
야	夜	Ya	Ya		180
양 (S) 량 (N) Template:Fn	梁, 楊, 樑, 襄	Yang (S) Ryang (N) Template:Fn	Yang (S) Ryang (N) Template:Fn	Ryang, Yaung, Lyang	486,645
어	魚	Eo	Ŏ	Uh, Eoh, Auh, Eu, Au	17,551
어금	魚金	Eogeum	Ŏgŭm		51
엄	嚴	Eom	Ŏm	Um, Eum, Uhm, Aum, Oum, Ohm	132,990
여 (S) 려 (N) Template:Fn	余, 呂, 汝	Yeo (S) Ryeo (N) Template:Fn	Yŏ (S) Ryŏ (N) Template:Fn	Yu, Yo, Yeu, Yuh, Yea	75,196
연 (S) 련 (N) Template:Fn	連, 燕, 延	Yeon (S) Ryeon (N) Template:Fn	Yŏn (S) Ryŏn (N) Template:Fn	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	127
영	永, 榮, 影	Yeong	Yŏng	Young	259
예	芮, 乂	Ye	Ye	Yea, Yae, Yeh, Yee	12,656
오	伍, 吳	O	O	Oh, Oe, Au	706,908
옥	玉	Ok	Ok	Ock, Ohk, Oak, Og	22,964
온	溫	On	On	Ohn, Ohnn	5,081
옹	邕, 雍	Ong	Ong	Ohng, Oung	964
왕	王	Wang	Wang	Whang, Wong	23,447
요	姚	Yo	Yo		198
용 (S) 룡 (N)	龍	Yong (S) Ryong (N)	Yong (S) Ryong (N)	Young, Ryong, Yung, Lyong	14,067
우	于, 禹	U	U	Woo, Wu, Ou, Wo, Uh	180,141
운	雲, 芸	Un	Un	Woon	170
원	元, 袁, 苑	Won	Wŏn	Weon, Woon, Wone, Wun, One	120,465
위	韋, 魏	Wi	Wi	Wee, We, Wie, Wei	30,496
유 (S) 류 (N) Template:Fn	柳, 劉, 兪, 庾	Yu (S) Ryu (N) Template:Fn	Yu (S) Ryu (N) Template:Fn	Yoo, You, Ryu	1,040,984
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	Eun, Un, Uhan, Unn	15,657
음	陰	Eum	Ŭm	Um, Em, Yeum	5,936
이 (S) 리 (N) Template:Fn	李, 伊, 異	I (S) Ri (N) Template:Fn	Yi (S) Ri (N) Template:Fn	Lee, Yi, Rhee, Ree, Rey, Rhie	6,796,227
인	印	In	In	Ihn, Yin, Inn, En, Lin	20,635
임 (S) 림 (N) Template:Fn	林, 任	Im (S) Rim (N) Template:Fn	Im (S) Rim (N) Template:Fn	Lim, Yim, Rim, Leem, Rhim	735,493

• Template:Fnb Applies only to 梁 and 樑.
• Template:Fnb Applies only to 呂.
• Template:Fnb Applies only to 連.
• Template:Fnb Applies only to 柳 and 劉.
• Template:Fnb Applies only to 李.
• Template:Fnb Applies only to 林.

ㅈ

Hangul	Hanja	Revised	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
자	慈	Ja	Cha		178
장	莊, 章, 張, 蔣	Jang	Chang	Chang, Jahng, Jhang, Gang, Zhang	943,257
장곡	長谷	Janggok	Changgok		52
저	邸	Jeo	Chŏ		48
전	全, 田, 錢	Jeon	Chŏn	Jun, Chun, Chon, Jeun, Cheon	687,867
점	占	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, Jung	962
좌	左	Jwa	Chwa	Chwa, Joa, Choa, Jaw	3,130
주	周, 朱	Ju	Chu	Joo, Chu, Choo, Jou, Zoo	215,010
준	俊	Jun	Chun		72
즙	辻	Jeup	Chŭp		4
증	增, 曾	Jeung	Chŭng	Zeng	6
지	智, 池	Ji	Chi	Jee, Ch, Gi, Chee, Gee	147,572
진	晉, 眞, 陳, 秦	Jin	Chin	Chin, Jean, Gin, Zhin, Chen	170,980

ㅊ

Hangul	Hanja	Revised	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
차	車	Cha	Ch'a	Char, Chah, Tchah, Tcha	180,589
창	昌, 倉	Chang	Ch'ang		1,179
채	采, 菜, 蔡	Chae	Ch'ae	Chai, Che, Chea	119,251
천	天, 千	Cheon	Ch'ŏn	Chun, Chon, Chen, Choun	112,227
초	楚, 肖	Cho	Ch'o	Chu	351
최	崔	Choe	Ch'oe	Choi, Che, Choy, Chey	2,169,704
추	秋, 鄒	Chu	Ch'u	Choo, Chou, Chyu, Chou	55,309

ㅌ

Hangul	Hanja	Revised	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
탁	卓	Tak	T'ak	Tark, Tag, Tack, Thak	19,395
탄	彈	Tan	T'an		155
태	太	Tae	T'ae	Tai, Tea, Te, Tay	8,165

ㅍ

Hangul	Hanja	Revised	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
판	判	Pan	P'an		290
팽	彭	Paeng	P'aeng	Pang, Paing, Peng, Pyeong, Pyeng	2,825
편	片	Pyeon	P'yŏn	Pyun, Pyon, Pyoun, Pyen, Pyeun	15,308
평	平	Pyeong	P'yŏng	Pyung, Pyong, Pyoung, Pyeng	608
포	包	Po	P'o		129
표	表	Pyo	P'yo	Phyo, Pio, Puo, Peo	28,398
풍	馮	Pung	P'ung	Poong	586
피	皮	Pi	P'i	Pee, Phee, Phi, Phy	6,303
필	弼	Pil	P'il	Phil	251

ㅎ

Hangul	Hanja	Revised	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2000 South Korean population *
하	河, 夏	Ha	Ha	Hah, Har	213,758
학	學	Hak	Hak		101
한	韓, 漢	Han	Han	Hahn, Hann	715,556
함	咸	Ham	Ham	Hahm, Harm, Hamm, Haam	75,955
해	海	Hae	Hae		322
허	許	Heo	Hŏ	Hur, Huh, Her, Hu, Ho	300,448
현	玄	Hyeon	Hyŏn	Hyun, Hyon, Hyoun, Hyen	81,807
형	邢	Hyeong	Hyŏng	Hyung, Hyoung, Hyong, Hyeung	6,640
호	扈, 胡, 鎬	Ho	Ho	Hoh, Hu	6,106
홍	洪	Hong	Hong	Houng, Hyong	518,635
화	化	Hwa	Hwa	Howa	945
환	桓	Hwan	Hwan		157
황	黃	Hwang	Hwang	Whang, Hoang	644,294
황보	皇甫	Hwangbo	Hwangbo		9,148
후	后, 候	Hu	Hu	Hoo	114
흥	興	Heung	Hŭng		462

Notes

• Based on data provided by the ROK National Statistical Office. [1] The total population was 45,985,289. No comparable statistics are available from North Korea. The top 22 surnames are charted, and a rough extrapolation for both Koreas has been calculated [2].

See also

• Korean name
• Korean language
• Korean culture
• List of Korea-related topics
• List of common Chinese surnames

External links

• 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
• Template:Ru icon Degrees of Courtesy and Communication Styles in the Korean Language, by K. B. Kurotchenkо.