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Shin is a Korean surname. Other rarer romanizations of this surname include Sin or Sheen.
Park,also spelled as Pak or Bak is the third-most common surname in Korea,traditionally traced back to 1st century King Hyeokgeose Park and theoretically inclusive of all of his descendants. Park or Bak is usually assumed to come from the Korean noun Bak (박),meaning "gourd". As of the South Korean census of 2015,there were 4,192,074 people with the name in South Korea,or roughly 8.4% of the population.
Choi is a Korean family surname. As of the South Korean census of 2015,there were around 2.3 million people by this name in South Korea or roughly 4.7% of the population. In English-speaking countries,it is most often anglicized as Choi,and sometimes also Chey,Choe or Chwe. Ethnic Koreans in the former USSR prefer the form Tsoi (Tsoy) especially as a transcription of the Cyrillic Цой.
An,also romanized Ahn,is a Korean family name. A total of 109 Korean clans are named 'An',but with different origins. In 2000,there were 637,786 people bearing this surname in South Korea,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 more than in South Korea.
Hong is the common English spelling of 홍,in hanja,it means "wide" or "big".
Kang is a Korean family name. All together,the holders of this name number are 1,176,847 in South Korea,according to the 2015 national census,ranking 6th largest Korean family name. While the name "Kang" can actually represent 5 different hanja,or Chinese characters,the great majority bear the surname 姜. The Chinese surname Jiāng also shares the same 姜character.
Yoo or Yu,or sometimes Ryu or Ryoo,is the English transcription of several Korean surnames written as 유or 류in hangul. As of 2000,roughly a million people are surnamed Yoo in South Korea,making up approximately 2% of the population. Of those,the most common is Ryu,with more than six hundred thousand holders,whereas Yoo accounts for about one hundred thousand.
Cho is a Korean family name,historically Royal family name in Korea. As of 2000,there were 1,347,730 people by this surname in South Korea,about 1% of the total population. The name may represent either of the Hanja 趙 or 曺.
Im or Lim is a common Korean family name. The surname is identical to the Chinese character of the same name. According to the initial law of the Korean language,both "Im" and "Lim" are interchangeable.
Bae,also spelled Bai,Pae or Pay,is a Korean family name. The South Korean census of 2015 found 400,641 people by this surname,or less than 1% of the population. In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports,it was found that 96.8% of people with this family name spelled it in Latin letters as Bae. Rarer alternative spellings included Pae,Bai,Pai,Pay,and Bea.
Song is a Korean family name derived from the Chinese surname Song. Songs make up roughly 1.4% of the Korean population;the 2000 South Korean census found 622,208 in that country.
Son,Sohn or Shon is a common Korean family name. It is a transliteration of the Chinese surname Sun.
Baek,also often spelled Paek,Baik,Paik,or Back is a Korean family name. In the year 2000,there were 351,275 people with this surname in South Korea. The word means the color white.
Jung is a Latin alphabet rendition of the Korean family name "정",also often spelled Jeong,Chung,Joung or Jong. As of the South Korean census of 2015,there were 2,407,601 people by this name in South Korea or 4.84% of the population. The Korean family name "정" is mainly derived from three homophonous hanja. 鄭 (2,151,879),丁 (243,803) and 程 (11,683). The rest of the homophonous hanjas include:政 (139),桯 (41),定 (29),正 (22) and 情 (5).
Jeon (전),also often spelled Jun,Chun or Chon,is a common Korean family name. As of the South Korean census of 2000,there were 687,867 people with this name in South Korea. It can be written with three different hanja,each with different meanings and indicating different lineages.
Woo is an uncommon Korean surname.
Ha is a Latin alphabet rendition of the Korean family name "하",also often spelled Hah or less commonly as Har. As of the South Korean census of 2000,there were 213,758 people by this name in South Korea,or roughly 0.5% of the population.
References
- Dictionary of American Family Names,Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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