Korean Surnames
Kim, Lee, Park and 27 more — spellings, hanja and clans.
About half of all Koreans share just a handful of surnames. Each page shows how the surname is written in English (the official romanization and the spellings people actually use), its usual hanja, well-known clans (bongwan) and its share of the population.
All surnames
- 김 金Kim · 21.5%
- 이 李Lee · 14.7%
- 박 朴Park · 8.4%
- 최 崔Choi · 4.7%
- 정 鄭Jung · 4.3%
- 강 姜Kang · 2.4%
- 조 趙Cho · 2.1%
- 윤 尹Yoon · 2.1%
- 장 張Jang · 2.0%
- 임 林Lim · 1.7%
- 한 韓Han · 1.6%
- 오 吳Oh · 1.5%
- 서 徐Seo · 1.5%
- 신 申Shin · 1.5%
- 권 權Kwon · 1.4%
- 황 黃Hwang · 1.4%
- 안 安Ahn · 1.4%
- 송 宋Song · 1.4%
- 류 柳Ryu · 0.3%
- 전 全Jeon · 1.1%
- 홍 洪Hong · 1.1%
- 고 高Ko · 0.9%
- 문 文Moon · 0.9%
- 양 梁Yang · 0.9%
- 손 孫Son · 0.9%
- 배 裵Bae · 0.8%
- 백 白Baek · 0.8%
- 허 許Heo · 0.7%
- 유 劉Yoo · 0.6%
- 남 南Nam · 0.6%
Statistics Korea, 2015 Population and Housing Census
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