Yun (Korean: 윤) is a family name in Korea, which means "governor". The name is sometimes also transliterated as Yoon, Yune, Yiun, or Youn. According to...

dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. The Chinese surname Yun (云) may be confused with the common Korean surname Yun (윤) which instead derives from...

ancient Chinese surname Yeon, or Yun, Korean (or Dutch given name) family name Yun (Korean surname), or Yoon, Korean family name Yun (restaurant), in...

This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order. The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim (김), followed by Lee...

second-most-common surname in Korea, behind Kim (김). As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 7,306,828 people by this name in South Korea or 14.7% of...

Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 79.5% of people with this surname spelled it in...

South Korean handball player Oh Yun-kyo (1960–2000), South Korean footballer Oh Yun-suk, South Korean handball player List of Korean surnames O family...

Hyeon or Hyon, Hyoun, is a Korean surname, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. As given name...

president of South Korea Yun (Korean surname) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title President Yun. If an internal link led you...

Sok-kyong (born 1951), South Korean author Kang Soo-yeon (1966–2022), South Korean actress Kang Soo-yun (born 1976), South Korean professional golfer Sukhee...

Um (Korean: 엄), also spelled as Uhm, Eom, Eum, Ohm or Om, is a relatively uncommon surname in Korea. It is written using the same character as the Chinese...

Japanese surname. At the time, Sōshi-kaimei was a policy of pressuring Koreans under Japanese rule to adopt Japanese names. But her uncle, Yun Deok-yeong...

census (excluding Taiwan).[citation needed] In South Korea, most people bearing the surname Gu (Korean: 구) use the hanja character 具 and 丘. The character...

Shim or Sim (Korean: 심) is a Korean surname. There are six Shim clans in Korea based in the regions of Cheongsong, Pungsan, Samcheok, Buyu, Uiryeong,...

Ko (Korean: 고; Hanja: 髙/高), also variously romanized Go, Goh, or Koh, is a common Korean surname. Among Koreans with this surname, the largest clan is...

(1939–1999), South Korean hapkido practitioner Myung Ji-yun (born 1975), South Korean actress John Myung (born 1967), American bassist of Korean descent, founder...

Song is a Korean family name derived from the Chinese surname Song. Songs make up roughly 1.4% of the Korean population; the 2000 South Korean census found...

Cho (Korean: 조, also written as Jo) is a Korean family name, historically Royal family name in Korea[citation needed]. As of 2000, there were 1,347,730...

Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 61.3% of people with that surname spelled it in...

the Korean Language based on a sample of year 2007 applications for South Korean passports, it was found that 48.6% of people with this surname chose...

“country" and/or “Korean people”. Han is the oldest name in Korea. As with all the Korean family names, the holders of the Han surname are divided into...

South Korean actor and model Nam Yu-jin (born 1995), South Korean singer-songwriter, composer, actress Nam Yun-bae (born 1987), South Korean taekwondo...

Yang (Korean: 양) is a Korean surname. According to the 2000 South Korean Census, 486,645 people in South Korea had the surname Yang. The family name Yang...

Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 67.4% of people with this surname spelled it in...

of a number of Korean surnames, written as 陳, 秦, 眞, or 晉 in hanja. While some earliest figures of the surname date back to the Korean Kingdom of Baekjae...

surname most commonly represents the hanja 徐. Seo can also be used as a single-syllable Korean given name or an element in many two-syllable Korean given...

Choi (Korean: 최; Hanja: 崔) is a Korean family surname. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were around 2.3 million people by this name in South...

Shin is a Korean surname. Other rarer romanizations of this surname include Sin or Sheen. There are three Chinese characters that can be read as Shin...

Won is an uncommon Korean surname. Won Chang-yong (born 1973), South Korean former cyclist Won Du-jae (born 1997), South Korean football player Won Gyeong-suk...

confederacies in the southern Korean Peninsula. Members of the Korean diaspora often use the term Han-in. North Koreans refer to themselves as Joseon-in...