Korean Surnames
홍
洪
How it's spelled in English
- Hong(official)
Usual hanja
洪 — vast, flood
Well-known clans (bongwan)
남양 홍씨
A bongwan is the ancestral home of a clan — two Kims from different bongwan are different families.
Population
- 홍(洪) 558,853 people, 1.1% of the population
Statistics Korea, 2015 Population and Housing Census
About it
Most Hongs trace their line to the Namyang clan.