Shin,also spelled Sin,or Sheen,is a Korean surname,a single-syllable Korean given name,and an element in two-syllable Korean given names. As given name meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 34 hanja with the reading "shin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
Park 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 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.
Kwak is a Korean surname.
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.
Seo is a Korean surname and Japanese surname.
Ko,also variously romanized Go,Goh,or Koh,is a common Korean surname.
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).
Gao is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin that can be literally translated as "high" or "tall". There are approximately 17 million living people with this surname. Some places,such as Taiwan,usually romanise this family name into "Kao". In Hong Kong,it is romanized to "Ko". In Macau,it is romanized to "Kou". In English,it is romanized to "Kauh". In 2019 it was the 19th most common surname in Mainland China. The Korean surname,"Ko" or "Koh",is derived from and written with the same Chinese character (高).
Han is the typical romanized spelling of the Korean family name. Other alternate spellings for 한include Hahn and Haan. In hanja,it translates to "King”,“Kingdom”,“country" and/or “Korean people”. Han is the oldest name in Korea.
Queen Sindeok,of the Goksan Kang clan,was a posthumous name bestowed to the second wife and queen consort of Yi Dan,King Taejo;the first monarch of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. She was queen consort of Joseon and was honoured as Queen Hyeon (현비) from 1392 until her death in 1396. She was a political advisor of King Taejo and had a great influence on the founding of Joseon. She was posthumously called as Sindeok,the High Empress.
Kang Jeongildang (1772-1832),was a Korean poet.
Kang Ho-gyeong was the first and oldest ancestor of Taejo who established Goryeo dynasty. His name can be found in Korean historical literature such as Goryeosa and Pyeonnyeon-Tong-Rok. He is the founder of the Sinchon Kang Clan. While he is known to be the clan's founder,some regard the clan's semi-founder to be Kang Ji-yeon,the descendant of Kang Ho-gyeong,to be more of the clan's official progenitor.
Gang Yun-seong was a civilian of the Korean kingdom of Goryeo. He was a father of Queen Sindeok who was the second wife of King Taejo of Joseon or known as Yi Seong-gye.
Queen Jeonghwa of the Sincheon Gang clan,personal name Gang Jin-ui,was the second daughter of Gang Bo-yuk who would become the great-grandmother of Wang Geon,founder of the Goryeo dynasty. As a figure from the Later Silla period,she is the first one from among the ancestors of King Taejo to be accurately reported by the left records.
The Jeonju Yi clan is a Korean clan with the surname Yi. Their Bon-gwan is in Jeonju,North Jeolla Province. The clan includes the former House of Yi which ruled the Joseon dynasty and the Korean Empire.
Won is a single-syllable Korean given name,and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 47 hanja with the reading "won" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
Crown Princess Minhoe of the Geumcheon Kang clan,also known as Crown Princess Consort Sohyeon,was the wife of Crown Prince Sohyeon,the son of King Injo of Joseon and Queen Inyeol of the Cheongju Han clan.
Na or Ra is a relatively uncommon Korean family name. The name is written as 나(Na) in South Korea,and as 라(Ra) in North Korea. As of 2015,an estimated 160,946 people had the surname Na or Ra.
