Kang | |
Hangul | 강 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gang |
McCune–Reischauer | Kang |
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. [1] While the name "Kang" can actually represent 5 different hanja,or Chinese characters,the great majority (more than 1 million) bear the surname 姜. [1] The Chinese surname Jiāng also shares the same 姜character.
Clans whose surname uses the Hanja character 姜include the clans of Jinju and Geumcheon seat. The majority belong to the Jinju Kang clan (ko) (진주강씨;晉州姜氏) is said to be descended from Goguryeo commander Kang I-sik. The Geumcheon Kang clan (ko) (금천강씨;衿川姜氏) is descended from an ancestor whose ancestral seat was Geumcheon,now part of Seoul.
Clans whose surname uses the Hanja character 康include Sincheon (ko) and Yeonggang (ko). The Sincheon Kang clan is further subdivided into Goksan (ko) (곡산강씨;谷山康氏) and Jaeryeong (재령강씨;載寧康氏).
Gang Hong-rip was a Korean general during the Joseon period.
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.
Hong is the common English spelling of 홍,in hanja,it means "wide" or "big".
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.
Hwang or Whang is a Korean family name. Today,Hwangs comprise approximately 1.4% of the Korean population. The South Korean census in the year 2000 found that there were 644,294 Hwangs with over 68 Bon-gwan family clans,making it the 16th most common last name in the country. Also,it is estimated that there are over 29,410,000 individuals whose last names are the variations of Huang,including the Korean Hwang and the Vietnamese Hoang around the world. The Chinese character,or Hanja,for Hwang indicates "yellow" or “Huang Kingdom”.
Ko,also variously romanized Go,Goh,or Koh,is a common Korean surname.
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).
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.
The Gwangsan Kim clan is a Korean clan with its bon-gwan located in Gwangsan,present-day Gwangju.
Yun (Korean: 윤) is a family name in Korea,which means "governor". The name is sometimes also transliterated as Yoon,Yune,Yiun,or Youn. According to the 2000 census,948,600 people had the surname in South Korea. It derives from the Chinese character 尹.
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.
The Gimhae Kim clan is a Korean clan,descended from Suro of Geumgwan Gaya. King Suro was the founder of Gaya confederacy,and his descendant,Kim Yu-sin is renowned for leading the Silla armies to unify the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
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.