List of South Korean surnames by prevalence

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This List of South Korean surnames by prevalence ranks Korean family names by population and includes homophonous hanja characters. Data are provided by the South Korean government and only include family names used by more than five people. (The North Korean government does not publish such data.) This is an abridged version of the statistics. For the whole report, please refer to the link below.

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Rank Hangul Hanja Revised McCune-Reischauer Popular spellings 2015 South Korean population (out of ~49.7 million total)[1] Percentage Percentile
1 김 金 Gim Kim Kim, Gim 10,689,967 21.51% 21.51%
2 이 (S) 李, 伊, 異, 利, 怡, 㛅 I (S) Yi (S) Lee, Yi, Rhee 7,307,477 14.7% 36.21%
리 (N, S) 李 Ri (S) Ri (N)
3 박 朴, 博 Bak Pak Park, Pak, Bak 4,192,080 8.43% 44.64%
4 정 鄭, 丁, 程, 政, 桯, 定, 正, 情 Jeong Chŏng Jung, Jeong, Chung 2,407,601 4.84% 49.49%
5 최 崔, 催, 寉, 最 Choe Ch'oe Choi, Choe, Chae, Chwe 2,340,582 4.71% 54.19%
6 조 趙, 曺, 調, 造, 赵, 刁, 朝 Jo Cho Cho, Jo 1,453,971 2.93% 57.12%
7 강 姜, 康, 剛, 强 Gang Kang Kang, Gang 1,269,251 2.55% 59.67%
8 윤 尹, 允, 潤 Yun Yun Yoon, Yun, Youn 1,020,564 2.05% 61.73%
9 임 (S) 林, 任, 壬, 恁 Im (S) Im (S) Im, Lim, Rim 1,015,200 2.04% 63.77%
림 (N, S) 林 Rim (S) Rim (N)
10 장 張, 蔣, 章 Jang Chang Jang, Chang 992,721 2% 65.77%
11 신 申, 辛, 愼 Sin Sin Shin, Sin 985,823 1.98% 67.75%
12 유 (S) 柳, 劉, 兪, 庾 Yu (S) Yu (S) Yoo, Yu, You, Ryu 963,296 1.94% 69.69%
류 (N, S) 柳, 劉 Ryu (S) Ryu (N)
13 한 韓, 漢, 汗, 恨 Han Han Han, Hahn 773,537 1.56% 71.24%
14 오 吳, 伍, 吾, 五, 晤 O O Oh 763,334 1.54% 72.78%
15 서 徐, 俆, 西, 書, 緖, Seo Sŏ Seo, Suh 752,233 1.51% 74.29%
16 전 全, 田, 錢 Jeon Chŏn Jeon, Jun, Chun, Chon 749,257 1.51% 75.8%
17 권 權, 勸, 㩲, 券, Gwon Kwŏn Kwon, Gwon, Kweon 706,212 1.42% 77.22%
18 황 黃, 皇, 潢, 荒, 晃, 煌, 簧 Hwang Hwang Hwang, Whang 697,475 1.4% 78.62%
19 안 安, 顔, 案 An An Ahn, An 685,688 1.38% 80%
20 송 宋, 松, 送, Song Song Song 683,511 1.38% 81.38%
21 홍 洪, 烘, 䜤, 弘, 㤨, 哄, 紅, Hong Hong Hong 558,994 1.12% 82.5%
22 양 (S) 梁, 楊, 粱, 揚, 陽, 洋, 杨, 樑, 樣, Yang (S) Yang (S) Yang, Ryang 530,554 1.07% 83.57%
량 (N) 梁 Ryang (S) Ryang (N)
23 고 高, 顧 Go Ko Ko, Go, Koh, Goh 471,898 0.95% 84.52%
24 문 文, 門 Mun Mun Moon, Mun 464,047 0.93% 85.45%
25 손 孫, 遜, 損, 蓀 Son Son Son, Sohn, Shon 457,356 0.92% 86.37%
26 배 裵, 輩, 培, 背, 配, Bae Pae Bae, Pae 400,669 0.81% 87.18%
27 백 白, 百, 伯, 柏, Baek Paek Baek, Paek, Baik, Paik 382,447 0.77% 87.95%
28 허 許 Heo Hŏ Heo, Hur, Huh, Her 326,770 0.66% 88.61%
29 노 (S)
 盧, 魯, 路, 虜, 卢, 努 No (S) No (S) Noh, No, Roh 315,439 0.63% 89.24%
로 (N, S) 路, 魯, 盧 Ro (S) Ro (N)
30 남 南 Nam Nam Nam 275,648 0.55% 89.8%
31 심 沈 Sim Sim Shim, Sim 271,749 0.55% 90.34%
32 하 河, 夏 Ha Ha Ha, Hah, Har 232,956 0.47% 90.81%
33 주 朱, 周 Ju Chu Joo, Ju, Chu, Choo 232,006 0.47% 91.28%
34 구 具, 丘, 邱 Gu Ku Koo, Goo, Gu, Ku 208,446 0.42% 91.7%
35 성 成 Seong Sŏng Sung, Seong 199,124 0.4% 92.1%
36 차 車 Cha Ch'a Cha 194,782 0.39% 92.49%
37 우 禹 U U Woo, U 194,713 0.39% 92.88%
38 진 陳, 秦, 晋 Jin Chin Jin, Chin 184,466 0.37% 93.25%
39 민 閔 Min Min Min 171,740 0.35% 93.6%
40 (S) 羅 Na (S) Na (S) Na, Ra, Nah 160,946 0.32% 93.92%
라 (N, S) Ra (S) Ra (N)
41 지 池, 智 Ji Chi Ji, Jee, Chi 159,561 0.32% 94.24%
42 엄 嚴 Eom Ŏm Eom, Um, Eum, Uhm 144,425 0.29% 94.53%
43 변 卞, 邊 Byeon Pyŏn Byun, Byeon, Byon, Pyun 138,789 0.28% 94.81%
44 채 蔡 Chae Ch'ae Chae, Chai, Che 131,557 0.26% 95.08%
45 원 元 Won Wŏn Won, Weon 129,552 0.26% 95.34%
46 방 方, 房, 龐 Bang Pang Bang, Pang 129,244 0.26% 95.6%
47 천 千 Cheon Ch'ŏn Cheon, Chun, Chon 121,780 0.25% 95.84%

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References[]

  1. ^ a b "2015년 인구주택총조사 전수집계결과 보도자료" [Results of the 2015 Census of Population and Housing survey]. Korean Statistical Information Service. Retrieved 28 May 2019. provided by the ROK National Statistical Office. The total population was 49,705,663 for the statistical sample, which does not include any data from North Korea.

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