• Hong is the common English spelling of 홍, in hanja, it means "wide" or "big". As with all Korean family names, the holders of the Hong surname are divided...
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  • 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...
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  • romanization used for the Korean surname Hong, which uses the character 洪 in hanja, the Khmer surname ហុង (Hong), as well as the surname Hồng in Vietnam, from...
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    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...
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  • Lake Hong in China Hong (Chinese name) Hong (Korean surname) Hong (business), general term for a 19th–20th century trading company based in Hong Kong...
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  • Chung is a surname whose bearers are generally people of Chinese or Korean descent. It is also a Vietnamese surname worn by people of Chinese descent but...
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  • Mok (redirect from Mok (Korean surname))
    Hungarian surname, or a Korean surname. Mok may transcribe the pronunciation, in different varieties of Chinese, of some Chinese surnames spelled as...
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  • Korean family name. A total of 109 Korean clans are named 'An', but with different origins. In 2000, there were 637,786 people bearing this surname in...
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  • 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...
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  • South Korean actor Kang Hee-gun (stage name Gary, born 1978), South Korean rapper Kang Ho-dong (born 1970), South Korean entertainer Kang Hong-seok (born...
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  • 梁) is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin. The surname is often transliterated as Leung (in Hong Kong) or Leong (in Macau, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore...
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  • transcription of several Korean surnames written as 유 or 류 in hangul. As of 2000, roughly a million people are surnamed Yoo in South Korea, making up approximately...
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  • (Chinese: 孔; Korean: 공) is a Chinese and Korean surname. It can also be written as Kong in Taiwan, Hung in Hong Kong, Khổng in Vietnam, and Gong in Korea. There...
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    also romanized as Dang from Hokchew. The surname also has taken form outside of Chinese societies: in Korean, the name is written 정 and transliterated...
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  • 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...
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    Park (Korean: 박, Korean pronunciation: [pak̚]), also spelled as Pak or Bak is the third-most common surname in Korea, traditionally traced back to 1st...
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    uses "Lam". The Korean surname Im (임 in South Korean spelling; 림 in North Korean spelling; commonly romanized as Lim or Rim) is the Korean pronunciation...
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  • surname. As a Chinese surname or Korean surname, it could originate from various Chinese characters (including 陳, 錢, and 秦), and it is also a surname...
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    Hong Gildong jeon (Korean: 홍길동전) is a Korean novel, often translated as The Biography of Hong Gildong, written during the Joseon period. The novel is...
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    Kingdoms of Korea Muryeong of Baekje, the 25th king of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea Mah Chonggi, Korean poet Ma Kwang-soo, South Korean poet,...
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    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...
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  • Kyung (redirect from Kyong (Korean surname))
    South Korean rapper and record producer Hong Kyung (born 1996), South Korean actor List of Korean given names "한국성씨일람" [List of Korean surnames]. Kyungpook...
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  • Cha (Korean: 차) is a relatively uncommon surname in Korea. The Yeonan Cha clan is the only clan. The founding ancestor was Cha Hyo-jeon, son of Yu Ch'a-dal...
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    common surname in China as of 2018, the second-most common surname in Hong Kong, the most common surname in Macau and the 5th most common surname in Taiwan...
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    romanization of the very rare surname 皇. Huang (Chinese: 黃/皇) used in Mandarin Hwang (Korean: 황; Hanja: 黃/皇) used in Korean Huỳnh or Hoàng used in Vietnamese...
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    ten most common surnames in China since the Yuan dynasty. It is the 5th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem. The Korean surname, "Joo" or "Ju", and...
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  • Namgung is a Korean surname. It derives from the Chinese character 南宮. In Korea, there are historically 6 Namgung Bon-gwan clans, including Hamyeol, Puyun...
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  • Lau is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Andy Lau (born 1961), Hong Kong singer and actor Andrew Lau (born 1960), Hong Kong director...
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  • people with the surname Na or Ra include: Na Ah-reum (born 1990), South Korean racing cyclist Na Byung-yul (born 1985), South Korean former football midfielder...
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  • variants of Cohen. As a Korean surname, Kan is the Yale Romanization and McCune–Reischauer spelling of the uncommon surname spelled in the Revised Romanization...
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