Korean Surnames
임
林
How it's spelled in English
- Im(official)
- Lim
- Rim
Usual hanja
林 — forest
Well-known clans (bongwan)
나주 임씨 · 평택 임씨
A bongwan is the ancestral home of a clan — two Kims from different bongwan are different families.
Population
- 임(林) 823,921 people, 1.7% of the population
Statistics Korea, 2015 Population and Housing Census
About it
임 can be 林 (forest) or 任 (to entrust); 林 is the more common of the two.