Eun

This article is about the Korean surname. For the Korean given name, see Eun (Korean given name). For the acronym, see EUN (disambiguation).

Eun, also spelled Un, or En, Ehn, Enn, Unn, is an uncommon Korean surname.

Eun
Hangul	은
Hanja	殷; 恩
RR	Eun
MR	Ŭn
IPA	[ɯn]

Overview

Eun (殷)

The 2000 South Korean Census found 15,657 people with this Korean surname.^[1] They traced their origins to three different bon-gwan: Yonan County, South Hwanghae and Kangeum, Kumchon County, North Hwanghae in what is today North Korea, and Haengju (행주동), Goyang, Gyeonggi-do in what is today South Korea.^[2]

Eun (恩)

It is said that the queen of King Uija of Baekje is Eungo in the Nihon Shoki. Gobu-eun, who is based in Gobu-gun, Jeolla-do, was born in 1784 by Eun Kwang-hoon, born in 1754 He was paid in time-departed radish. Eun Kwang-hoon's residence is Yeongyu, Pyongan-do, Pyeongwon-gun. In 1930, a national census showed that one family was living in Ssangyong-myeon, Gangseo-gun, South Pyongan. In the 2015 National Statistical Office Census, there were 13 people with this surname.

People with the surname Eun (殷 or 恩) include:

• Eun Hee-kyung (born 1959), South Korean writer
• Eun Ji-won (born 1978), South Korean rapper, member of Sechs Kies

See also

• List of Korean surnames