Nam | |
Hangul | 남 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Nam |
McCune–Reischauer | Nam |
Nam is a Korean family name meaning "south". The 2000 South Korean census found 257,178 people with this family name,of whom 150,394 belonged to the Uiryeong Nam bon-gwan . According to the same census,the place with the highest frequency of people belonging to that bon-gwan was Eumseong County,North Chungcheong Province,where it accounted for 1,021 people,or 1.21% of the population;this represented a significant drop both in numbers and in proportion from the 1985 census,when it accounted for 1,427 people,or 1.71% of the population. [1]
Korean people with this surname include:
A number of Korean given names also contain the same character "nam" meaning south,or another identically pronounced one (男) meaning "man":
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Han is the typical romanized spelling of the Korean family name. Other alternate spellings for 한 include Hahn and Haan. In hanja, it translates to "King”, “Kingdom”, “country" and/or “Korean people”. Han is the oldest name in Korea.
Hyun, also spelled Hyeon or Hyon, Hyoun, is a Korean surname, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. As given name meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 42 hanja with the reading "hyun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
Yang (Korean: 양) is a Korean surname. According to the 2000 South Korean Census, 486,645 people in South Korea had the surname Yang.
Ji, also spelled Jee, Chi, or Chee, is a Korean family name, as well as a popular element in Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Woo is an uncommon Korean surname.
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