Korean Surnames
안
安
How it's spelled in English
- An(official)
- Ahn
Usual hanja
安 — peace, comfort
Well-known clans (bongwan)
순흥 안씨 · 죽산 안씨
A bongwan is the ancestral home of a clan — two Kims from different bongwan are different families.
Population
- 안(安) 685,639 people, 1.4% of the population
Statistics Korea, 2015 Population and Housing Census
About it
The h is usually explained as a way to keep the name from being read as the English word “an.”