Korean Surnames
전
全
How it's spelled in English
- Jeon(official)
- Jun
- Chun
Usual hanja
全 — whole, complete
Well-known clans (bongwan)
정선 전씨 · 천안 전씨
A bongwan is the ancestral home of a clan — two Kims from different bongwan are different families.
Population
- 전(全) 559,110 people, 1.1% of the population
Statistics Korea, 2015 Population and Housing Census
About it
전 is also written with 田 and 錢, separate and smaller surnames.