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List of Korean surnames

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This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order.

The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim (Korean: ; Hanja: ), followed by Lee (; ) and Park (; ). These three surnames are held by around half of the ethnic Korean population.

This article uses the most recent South Korean statistics (currently 2015) as the basis. No such data is available from North Korea.

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From 2015 South Korean statistics

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As of 2015, at least 191 distinct surnames in Hangul and 514 distinct surnames in Hanja were in use.[1]

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From 2000 South Korean statistics

These are surnames that appear in the 2000 South Korean statistics[7] but not in 2015. Since the 2015 statistics only lists surnames used by five or more people, these surnames may still exist.

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Other surnames

Historical surnames

These surnames are found in historical texts and are no longer in use today.

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Notes

For these notes, see North–South differences in the Korean language.

  1. ; Ra in North Korea.
  2. ; Ran in North Korea.
  3. ; Rang in North Korea.
  4. ; Ro in North Korea.
  5. ; Roe in North Korea.
  6. ; Ryang in North Korea.
  7. ; Ryeo; Ryŏ in North Korea.
  8. ; Ryeon; Ryŏn in North Korea.
  9. ; Ryeom; Ryŏm in North Korea.
  10. ; Rye in North Korea.
  11. ; Ryong in North Korea.
  12. ; Ryu in North Korea.
  13. ; Nyu in North Korea.
  14. ; Ryuk in North Korea.
  15. ; Ri in North Korea.
  16. ; Rim in North Korea.
  17. ; Ru in North Korea.
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