Heres a list of 110 Korean family names along with their meanings.

Most common first name in korean. Seoul South Korea. Joon means A man who is exceptionally talented or handsome and talented. Countries with the Greatest Korean Influence.

So the first character you see is the family name. 92 rows NAMES MEANING GENDER. This lovely Korean name means love.

The 10 most popular boys names. This name means gains advantage profit and merit. Heaven or Sky Areum 아름.

This is the reason why Kim Lee Park and Choi are such common family names in Korea and in a 2000 census those names accounted for almost fifty per cent of the entire population of Korea. However some of our. Here are the most common Korean last names and their origins.

The traditional naming practice has become less common with younger generations who have been more likely to chose Korean words as names such an Haneul Areum and more. Any totals for last names are the number of people with the last name as of the last US census. From 1880 to 1936 all births may not be included in the original data set.

The Korean name above is 김 민수. Kim is the most common Korean surname because there are over 600 different Kim clans. Of the 50 million people in Korea more than half have the last name of Kim Lee Park or Choi accounting for variations in spelling.