• Kim (Korean: 김; Hanja: 金) is the most common surname in Korea. As of the 2015 South Korean census, there were 10,689,959 people by this name in South Korea...
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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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    (North Korea) Kim (Korean surname) "전주김씨". Doopedia (in Korean). Retrieved 20 April 2023. "김일성 시조 잠든 모악산···김정은 답방 때 참배할까". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 21...
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    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...
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  • Look up Kim or kim in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kim or KIM may refer to: Kim (given name) Kim (surname) Kim (Korean surname) Kim dynasty (disambiguation)...
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    Gangneung Kim clan (Korean: 강릉 김씨; Hanja: 江陵 李氏) is a Korean clan, with the bon-gwan (ancestral seat) based in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, South Korea. The...
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  • Kim Tae-hyung (Korean: 김태형) may refer to: Kim Tae-hyung, birth name of V (singer), member of South Korean boyband BTS Kim Tae-hyung (born 1992), birth...
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    A Korean name in the modern era typically consists of a surname followed by a given name, with no middle names. A number of Korean terms for names exist...
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  • 763,281 people carrying the O surname. The earliest ancestor of the Korean Oh family is believed to be Oh Eung (Korean: 오응; Hanja: 吳應) from Silla, the...
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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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  • Kwon (redirect from Kwon (Korean surname))
    Kwon also written as Gwon (Korean: 권; Hanja: 權[needs IPA]) is a Korean family name. Some sources[who?] list as many 56 clans, but most of them were merged...
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    The Gimhae Kim clan (Korean: 김해 김씨; Hanja: 金海 金氏) is a Korean clan, descended from Suro of Geumgwan Gaya. King Suro was the founder of Gaya confederacy...
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  • Kim is a surname with multiple origins. Kim, sometimes spelt Gim, is the most common family name in Korea. People with the surname Kim, but unrelated to...
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    Koreans are an East Asian ethnic group native to Korea. The majority of Koreans live in the two Korean nation states of North and South Korea, which are...
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  • Korean hangul character, which can be romanized as Gim or Kim, it may refer to: Look up 김 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gim (food) Kim (Korean surname)...
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  • 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...
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  • South Korean sport shooter Kim Se-hyun (born 1987), South Korean baseball pitcher who changed his name from Kim Young-min in 2015 Kim (Korean surname) Young-min...
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    Kim Ku (Korean: 김구; August 29, 1876 – June 26, 1949), also known by his art name Paekpŏm, was a Korean politician. He was a leader of the Korean independence...
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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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  • 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...
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  • “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...
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  • by Rhea Seehorn Kim (surname) Kim (Korean surname) Kim (disambiguation) (other meanings) Tropical Storm Kim, tropical cyclones named Kim Cleveland Evans...
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  • Seon, also spelled Sun, is an uncommon Korean family name, as well as an element in Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to...
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  • a Korean surname and unisex given name. It may also be written without the hyphen after the 'n', particularly when used as a surname. As a surname, Sun-woo...
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  • Korean Civil Code (Korean: 민법 제809조) was the codification of a traditional rule prohibiting marriage between men and women who have the same surname resulting...
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    Kim Hyun-joong (Korean: 김현중; Hanja: 金賢重; born June 6, 1986) is a South Korean actor, singer and songwriter. He is a member of the boy band SS501 and played...
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  • Kim is a common family name among ethnic Koreans. Approximately 22% of ethnic Koreans are named Kim. This list is of notable people with the Korean family...
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  • son of Kim Jong-il All pages with titles containing Kim Jeong Kim (Korean surname) Jung (Korean given name) This disambiguation page lists articles about...
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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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  • an uncommon Korean surname. It originated from either of two hanja (牟 or 毛), which are also used respectively to write the Chinese surnames Móu or Máo...
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