Korean Surnames
남
南
How it's spelled in English
- Nam(official)
Usual hanja
南 — south
Well-known clans (bongwan)
의령 남씨 · 영양 남씨
A bongwan is the ancestral home of a clan — two Kims from different bongwan are different families.
Population
- 남(南) 275,648 people, 0.6% of the population
Statistics Korea, 2015 Population and Housing Census
About it
Spelled Nam in every system — and also the everyday word for “south.”