List of South Korean surnames by prevalence

This List of South Korean surnames by prevalence ranks Korean family names by population and includes homophonous hanjas. Data are provided by the South Korean government and only include family name with 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.

List

Hangul	Hanja	Revised	McCune-Reischauer	Popular spellings	2015 South Korean population (+/- 50 million)*
김	金, 钅	Gim	Kim	Kim, Gim	10,689,967
이 (S)	李, 伊, 異, 利, 怡, 㛅	I (S)	Yi (S)	Lee, Yi, Rhee, Rhie, Reeh	7,307,477
리 (N, S)	李	Ri (S)	Ri (N)
박	朴, 博	Bak	Pak	Park, Bak, Pak	4,192,080
정	鄭, 丁, 程, 政, 桯, 定, 正, 情	Jeong	Chŏng	Jung, Jeong, Chung, Joung	2,407,601
최	崔, 催, 寉, 最	Choe	Ch'oe	Choi, Choe	2,340,582
조	趙, 曺, 調, 造, 赵, 刁, 朝	Jo	Cho	Cho, Jo	1,453,971
강	姜, 康, 剛, 强	Gang	Kang	Kang, Gang	1,269,251
윤	尹, 允, 潤	Yun	Yun	Yoon, Yun, Youn	1,020,564
임 (S)	林, 任, 壬, 恁	Im (S)	Im (S)	Lim, Im, Yim	1,015,200
림 (N, S)	林	Rim (S)	Rim (N)
장	張, 蔣, 章	Jang	Chang	Jang, Chang	992,721
신	申, 辛, 愼	Sin	Sin	Shin, Sin	985,823
유 (S)	柳, 劉, 兪, 庾	Yu (S)	Yu (S)	Yoo, Yu, You, Ryu	963,296
류 (N, S)	柳, 劉	Ryu (S)	Ryu (N)
한	韓, 漢, 汗, 恨	Han	Han	Han	773,537
오	吳, 伍, 吾, 五, 晤	O	O	Oh	763,334
서	徐, 俆, 西, 書, 緖,	Seo	Sŏ	Seo, Seoh, Suh	752,233
전	全, 田, 錢	Jeon	Chŏn	Jeon, Jun, Chun, Chon	749,257
권	權, 勸, 㩲, 券,	Gwon	Kwŏn	Kwon, Gwon, Kweon	706,212
황	黃, 皇, 潢, 荒, 晃, 煌, 簧	Hwang	Hwang	Hwang, Whang, Hoang	697,475
송	宋, 松, 送,	Song	Song	Song, Soung	683,511
안	安, 顔, 案	An	An	An, Ahn, Ann	685,688
홍	洪, 烘, 䜤, 弘, 㤨, 哄, 紅,	Hong	Hong	Houng, Hyong, Hung	558,994
양 (S)	梁, 楊, 粱, 揚, 陽, 洋, 杨, 樑, 樣,	Yang (S)	Yang (S)	Yang, Ryang, Yaung	530,554
량 (N)	梁	Ryang (S)	Ryang (N)
고	高, 顧	Go	Ko	Ko, Koh, Go, Goh, Kho	471,898
문	文, 門	Mun	Mun	Moon, Mun	464,047
손	孫, 遜, 損, 蓀	Son	Son	Son, Sohn, Shon	457,356
배	裵, 輩, 培, 背, 配,	Bae	Pae	Bae	400,669
백	白, 百, 伯, 柏,	Baek	Paek	Baek, Back, Baik, Paek, Paik, Beak, Baeg	382,447
허	許	Heo	Hŏ	Heo, Hur, Huh, Her	326,770
노 (S)	盧, 魯, 路, 虜, 卢, 努	No (S)	No (S)	Noh, No, Roh, Ro, Rho	315,439
로 (N, S)	路, 魯, 盧	Ro (S)	Ro (N)
남	南	Nam	Nam	Nam, Nahm	275,648
심	沈	Sim	Sim	Shim, Sim	271,749
하	河, 夏	Ha	Ha	Ha, Hah	232,956
주	朱, 周	Ju	Chu	Joo, Ju, Chu, Choo	232,006
구	具, 丘, 邱	Gu	Ku	Koo, Goo, Kou, Kuh, Khoo, Khu	208,446
성	成	Seong	Sŏng	Sung, Seong, Soung	199,124
차	車	Cha	Ch'a	Cha, Char	194,782
우	禹	U	U	Woo, U, Wu	194,713
진	陳, 秦, 晋	Jin	Chin	Jin, Chin	184,466
민	閔	Min	Min	Min, Minn	171,740
나 (S)	羅	Na (S)	Na (S)	Na, Ra, Nah	160,946
라 (N, S)		Ra (S)	Ra (N)
지	池, 智	Ji	Chi	Ji, Jee, Chi, Gi	159,561
엄	嚴	Eom	Ŏm	Eom, Um, Eum, Uhm	144,425
변	卞, 邊	Byeon	Pyŏn	Byun, Byeon, Byon, Pyun	138,789
채	蔡	Chae	Ch'ae	Chae, Chai, Che, Chea	131,557
원	元	Won	Wŏn	Won, Weon, Woon	129,552
방	方, 房, 龐	Bang	Pang	Bang, Pang, Bhang	129,244
천	千	Cheon	Ch'ŏn	Cheon, Chun, Chon, Chen	121,780

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References

1. "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.

See also

• Korean name
• Korean language
• Korean culture
• List of Korea-related topics
• List of common Chinese surnames
• List of Korean family names