Korean Surnames
백
白
How it's spelled in English
- Baek(official)
- Paik
- Paek
Usual hanja
白 — white
Well-known clans (bongwan)
수원 백씨
A bongwan is the ancestral home of a clan — two Kims from different bongwan are different families.
Population
- 백(白) 381,986 people, 0.8% of the population
Statistics Korea, 2015 Population and Housing Census
About it
Paik is the spelling made famous by the video artist Nam June Paik.