List of Korean surnames

This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order.
The most common Korean surname is Kim, followed by Lee and Park. These three surnames are held by around half of the ethnic Korean population.
This article uses the most recent South Korean statistics as the basis. No such data is available from North Korea.

From 2015 South Korean statistics

, at least 191 distinct surnames in Hangul and 514 distinct surnames in Hanja were in use.

Hangul	Hanja	RR	MR	Other romanizations	Population	Percentage
가	賈, 價	Ga	Ka	Kah, Kha, Gha	9,950
간	簡, 間	Gan	Kan	Khan, Kahn, Kann	2,525
갈	葛	Gal	Kal	Gar, Karl	2,086
감	甘	Gam	Kam	Kahm, Kang, Gahm	6,024
강	姜, 康, 強, 江, 剛, 㝩	Gang	Kang	Khang, Kahng, Kwang, Ghang, Kaing	1,269,290
견	甄, 堅	Gyeon	Kyŏn	Kyun, Kyeon, Kyoun, Gyun, Kyon	1,684
경	慶, 景, 京, 耿	Gyeong	Kyŏng	Kyung, Kyoung, Geong, Guong, Gyeng	16,958
계	桂, 季	Gye	Kye	Kae, Kay, Keh, Key, Gae	6,641
고	高, 顧	Go	Ko	Koh, Goh, Kho, Gho, Koo	471,429
곡	曲, 谷	Gok	Kok	Koock	101
공	孔, 公	Gong	Kong	Kohng, Ghong, Con, Gohng, Goung	92,340
곽	郭, 廓, 槨	Gwak	Kwak	Kwag, Kwack, Gwag, Koak, Koag	203,365
관	關, 管	Gwan	Kwan		20
교	橋, 喬	Gyo	Kyo		26
구	具, 丘, 邱, 仇	Gu	Ku	Koo, Goo, Kuh, Kou, Khu	208,550
국	鞠, 鞫, 菊, 國, 麴	Guk	Kuk	Kook, Gook, Kug, Cook, Koog	20,768
궁	弓, 宮	Gung	Kung	Koong, Goong, Koung	572
궉	鴌	Gwok	Kwŏk	Kwok, Kweok, Kwoc	183
권	權, 勸, 㩲, 券	Gwon	Kwŏn	Kwon, Kweon, Kwun, Gweon, Kwan	706,212
근	斤	Geun	Kŭn	Keun, Gun	170
금	琴, 金, 芩, 禁	Geum	Kŭm	Keum, Kum, Gum, Kuem, Guem	25,472
기	奇, 寄, 箕, 紀	Gi	Ki	Kee, Key, Kie, Kih, Gee	29,062
길	吉	Gil	Kil	Gill, Gihl, Khil, Keel, Kill	38,173
김	金, 钅	Gim	Kim	Ghim, Kin	10,689,967
나	羅, 蘿, 邏, 罗, 那	Na	Na	Ra, La, Nah, Rha, Rah	161,015
난	欒	Nan	Nan	An	8
남	南, 男	Nam	Nam	Nahm, Nham, Nan, Lam, Narm	275,659
남궁	南宮, 南宫	Namgung	Namgung	Namkung, Namkoong, Namgoong, Namgoung, Namkoung	21,313
낭	浪	Nang	Nang	Lang	181
내	乃, 奈	Nae	Nae		374
노	盧, 魯, 蘆, 路, 虜, 卢, 努	No	No	Noh, Roh, Ro, Rho, Nho	315,372
뇌	雷	Noe	Noe	Noi, Lei	19
다	多	Da	Ta		7
단	段, 單	Dan	Tan	Dahn, Dhan	1,632
담	譚	Dam	Tam	Tan	47
당	唐	Dang	Tang	Dhang	1,146
대	大, 代, 戴	Dae	Tae	Dai, Dea	669
도	都, 陶, 道, 到, 度, 桃, 覩	Do	To	Doh, Dho, Doe, Toh, Doo	57,946
독	獨	Dok	Tok		17
독고	獨孤	Dokgo	Tokko	Dokko, Dockko, Dogko, Dockgo, Dohkgoh	502
돈	頓	Don	Ton		117
동	董, 蕫, 童, 東, 薫	Dong	Tong	Dhong, Doung	5,936
동방	東方	Dongbang	Tongbang		180
두	杜	Du	Tu	Doo, Do, Dou, Dow	6,428
등	滕, 鄧	Deung	Tŭng		20
등정	藤井	Deungjeong	Tŭngjŏng		5
라	羅, 蘿, 邏	Ra	Ra	Na, La, Rha, Rah, Nah	25,974
란	欒	Ran	Ran		10
랑	浪	Rang	Rang		125
려	呂	Ryeo	Ryŏ		19
로	路, 魯, 盧	Ro	Ro		67
뢰	雷	Roe	Roe		19
류	柳, 劉, 㧕	Ryu	Ryu	Yoo, Ryoo, Yu, You, Lyu	163,994
리	李	Ri	Ri		240
림	林	Rim	Rim		47
마	馬, 麻	Ma	Ma	Mah, Mar, Mach, Mha	39,196
만	萬	Man	Man	Mahn, Mhan	124
망절	網切	Mangjeol	Mangjŏl	Mangjul	8
매	梅	Mae	Mae	Mai, Mea, Mei	201
맹	孟	Maeng	Maeng	Meang, Mang, Maing, Meng, Meing	22,028
명	明	Myeong	Myŏng	Myung, Myoung, Myong, Moung, Myoeng	29,110
모	牟, 毛, 慕	Mo	Mo	Moh, Mho, Moo, Moe, Meo	21,912
목	睦, 穆	Mok	Mok	Mock, Mog, Mook, Mork, Mouk	8,859
묘	苗	Myo	Myo		21
무	武	Mu	Mu		15
무본	武本	Mubon	Mubon		6
묵	墨	Muk	Muk	Mook, Mok, Moog	172
문	文, 門	Mun	Mun	Moon, Mon, Moun, Muhn, Moom	464,047
미	米	Mi	Mi	Mee	16
민	閔, 民, 敏, 珉, 悶, 旻	Min	Min	Minn, Mihn, Meen, Mheen, Mean	171,799
박	朴, 博	Bak	Pak	Park, Pack, Bark, Bag, Papk	4,192,080
반	潘, 班	Ban	Pan	Bahn, Van, Bhan, Barn, Pahn	28,223
방	方, 房, 龐, 邦, 防, 旁, 芳	Bang	Pang	Bhang, Bahng, Barng, Baang, Fang	129,559
배	裵, 輩, 培, 背, 配	Bae	Pae	Bea, Bai, Pai, Be, Bay	400,669
백	白, 百, 伯, 柏	Baek	Paek	Back, Baik, Paik, Beak, Baeg	382,447
번	樊	Beon	Pŏn		6
범	范, 範	Beom	Pŏm	Bum, Buhm, Beum, Bom, Burm	3,838
변	卞, 邊, 變	Byeon	Pyŏn	Byun, Byon, Byoun, Pyun, Byen	138,802
보	寶, 保, 甫	Bo	Po		16
복	卜	Bok	Pok	Bog, Bock, Pock, Boc, Bouk	9,538
봉	奉, 鳳	Bong	Pong	Vong	12,959
부	夫, 付, 傅, 富	Bu	Pu	Boo, Poo, Vu, Booh, Buh	10,604
비	丕	Bi	Pi	Vy, Vi, Bie, Bee	16
빈	賓, 彬, 賔, 濱, 貧	Bin	Pin	Been, Bhin, Bean, Vin, Bihn	5,782
빙	氷	Bing	Ping		763
사	史, 司, 謝, 舍, 沙	Sa	Sa	Sha, Sah, Sar	10,998
사공	司空, 司公	Sagong	Sagong	Sakong, Shakong, Sagoung, Sagung	4,488
산	山	San	San		9
삼	森, 杉	Sam	Sam		38
상	尙, 常, 尚, 商	Sang	Sang	Shang, Sahng, Sarng	2,416
서	徐, 俆, 西, 書, 緖	Seo	Sŏ	Suh, Su, Sur, So, Sea	752,233
서문	西門, 西問	Seomun	Sŏmun	Seomoon, Suhmoon, Seamoon, Sumoon, Semun	2,044
석	石, 昔, 釋, 席	Seok	Sŏk	Suk, Seog, Sok, Suck, Seuk	60,607
선	宣, 鮮, 善	Seon	Sŏn	Sun, Son, Shun, Sen, Suhn	42,842
선우	鮮于, 鮮宇, 蘚于, 鮮牛	Seonu	Sŏnu	Sunwoo, Seonwoo, Sonu, Sunoo, Sunu	3,648
설	薛, 偰, 楔, 辥, 雪, 卨	Seol	Sŏl	Sul, Seul, Sol, Sel, Seal	45,692
섭	葉	Seop	Sŏp	Seoub, Sub, Sup	75
성	成, 盛, 宬, 星, 城	Seong	Sŏng	Sung, Soung, Seoung, Seung, Song	199,160
소	蘇, 邵, 肖, 蕭, 小, 卲, 所, 昭, 簫	So	So	Soh, Sho, Soo, Seo, Sou	53,856
손	孫, 遜, 損, 蓀	Son	Son	Sohn, Shon, Sun, Soun, Soon	457,356
송	宋, 松, 送	Song	Song	Soung, Shong, Sohng, Sung, Seung	683,521
수	隋, 水, 洙	Su	Su		47
순	荀, 筍, 舜, 淳, 順, 旬	Sun	Sun	Soon	1,237
승	承, 昇	Seung	Sŭng	Sung, Seoung, Seong, Sheung, Soeung	3,430
시	施, 柴, 時	Si	Si	Shi, See, Sea, Se	4,354
신	申, 辛, 愼, 莘, 新, 信, 伸	Sin	Sin	Shin, Sheen, Sihn, Shinn, Synn	986,001
심	沈, 沁, 深, 心	Sim	Sim	Shim, Sym, Seem, Sem, Sihm	272,049
아	阿	A	A	Ah	529
안	安, 顔, 案	An	An	Ahn, Ann, Anh, Ane, Aun	685,688
애	艾	Ae	Ae	Ai	24
야	夜	Ya	Ya	Yha	77
양	梁, 楊, 粱, 揚, 陽, 洋, 杨, 樑, 樣	Yang	Yang	Ryang, Yaung, Young, Yahng, Yhang	530,554
어	魚, 漁	Eo	Ŏ	Uh, Eoh, Auh, Eu, Au	18,929
어금	魚金	Eogeum	Ŏgŭm	Eokum, Eokeum, Akeum, Uhkum	8
엄	嚴, 儼, 严, 㘙	Eom	Ŏm	Um, Eum, Uhm, Aum, Om	144,660
여	呂, 余, 黎	Yeo	Yŏ	Yuh, Yo, Yu, Yea, Yeu	80,672
연	延, 連, 燕, 涎	Yeon	Yŏn	Youn, Yun, Yon, Yeun, Yeoun	34,850
염	廉, 閻, 簾	Yeom	Yŏm	Yum, Youm, Yeum, Yom, Yeoum	69,428
엽	葉	Yeop	Yŏp	Yub, Yup, Yop, Youb, Yeb	571
영	榮, 影	Yeong	Yŏng		24
예	芮, 禮, 倪, 藝	Ye	Ye	Yea, Yae, Yeh, Yee, Yei	13,587
오	吳, 伍, 吾, 五, 晤	O	O	Oh, Ou, Ohe, Oe, Olh	763,334
옥	玉	Ok	Ok	Ock, Og, Ohk, Oak, Ouk	25,107
온	溫	On	On	Ohn, Eon, Onn, Own, Yon	5,418
옹	邕, 雍	Ong	Ong	Ohng, Ohong, Ung	967
완	阮	Wan	Wan		6
왕	王, 汪	Wang	Wang	Whang, Woang, Ywang, Yang, Whyang	25,581
요	姚	Yo	Yo		29
용	龍	Yong	Yong	Young, Lyong, Yung, Ryong, Yeong	15,276
우	禹, 于, 寓, 宇, 愚, 牛, 偶, 遇, 尤	U	U	Woo, Wu, Wo, Ou, Uh	195,729
운	雲, 芸	Un	Un	Woon	118
원	元, 袁, 原, 阮, 苑, 院, 圓	Won	Wŏn	Weon, Woon, One, Wone, Woun	130,174
위	魏, 韋, 衛, 偉	Wi	Wi	Wee, We, Wie, Wei, Wui	32,191
유	柳, 劉, 兪, 庾, 枊, 杻, 有, 楡, 由, 裕	Yu	Yu	Yoo, You, Ryu, Ryoo, Lyu	963,498
육	陸	Yuk	Yuk	Yook, Youk, Yug, Yuck, Ryuk	23,455
윤	尹, 允, 潤	Yun	Yun	Yoon, Youn, Yune, Yeun, Yon	1,020,564
은	殷, 銀, 恩, 慇	Eun	Ŭn	Un, En, Een, Uhan, Eyn	16,927
음	陰	Eum	Ŭm	Um, Em, Yum, Ehum, Ng	5,604
이	李, 異, 伊, 利, 怡, 㛅	I	I	Lee, Yi, Rhee, Yee, Rhie	7,307,237
인	印	In	In	Ihn, Yin, Inn, Leen, Lin	22,363
임	林, 任, 壬, 恁	Im	Im	Lim, Yim, Rim, Leem, Rhim	1,015,200
자	慈	Ja	Cha		75
장	張, 蔣, 章, 莊, 長, 將, 藏, 場, 裝, 臧, 葬, 壯, 庄, 张, 漿	Jang	Chang	Jhang, Zhang, Jahng, Zang, Jaung	1,021,107
전	全, 田, 錢, 戰	Jeon	Chŏn	Jun, Chun, Chon, Jeun, Cheon	749,266
점	占	Jeom	Chŏm	Jum	158
정	鄭, 丁, 程, 政, 桯, 定, 正, 情	Jeong	Chŏng	Jung, Chung, Joung, Chong, Cheong	2,407,601
제	諸, 齊	Je	Che	Jae, Jea, Jeh, Jye, Jee	21,988
제갈	諸葛, 諸*, 諸曷, 諸渴	Jegal	Chegal	Jekal, Jaegal, Jaekal, Jeagal, Jeakal	5,735
조	趙, 曺, 調, 造, 赵, 刁, 朝	Jo	Cho	Joe, Joh, Jho, Jou, Zo	1,453,971
종	鍾, 宗	Jong	Chong		681
좌	左, 佐	Jwa	Chwa	Joa, Choa, Chua, Jua, Chaw	3,383
주	朱, 周, 主, 珠, 株	Ju	Chu	Joo, Choo, Jou, Zoo, Zhu	232,063
증	增, 曾	Jeung	Chŭng	Zeng, Tsang, Duong, Tseng, Cheng	18
지	池, 智, 地, 遲	Ji	Chi	Jee, Gi, Gee, Chee, Jie	160,147
진	陳, 秦, 晋, 陣, 眞, 蔯, 進, 珍, 䄅, 陈	Jin	Chin	Jhin, Jean, Gin, Chen, Jeen	186,310
차	車, 次	Cha	Ch'a	Char, Tcha, Tchah, Chah, Tscha	194,788
창	昌, 倉	Chang	Ch'ang		1,095
채	蔡, 菜, 采	Chae	Ch'ae	Chai, Che, Chea, Cha, Choi	131,757
천	千, 天, 川	Cheon	Ch'ŏn	Chun, Chon, Chen, Choun, Cheun	121,927
초	楚, 初	Cho	Ch'o	Tcho	236
총	叢	Chong	Ch'ong		27
최	崔, 催, 寉, 最	Choe	Ch'oe	Choi, Choy, Che, Chai, Chae	2,340,582
추	秋, 鄒	Chu	Ch'u	Choo, Chou, Cho, Chue, Chew	60,561
탁	卓	Tak	T'ak	Tark, Tag, Tack, Tahk, Thak	21,099
탄	彈	Tan	T'an	Than,, Tran	149
탕	湯	Tang	T'ang		5
태	太, 泰	Tae	T'ae	Tai, Tea, Te, Thae	9,073
판	判	Pan	P'an		278
팽	彭	Paeng	P'aeng	Paing, Peang, Pang, Peng, Phang	2,935
편	片	Pyeon	P'yŏn	Pyun, Pyon, Pyoun, Pyen, Pyeun	16,689
평	平	Pyeong	P'yŏng	Pyung, Pyoung, Pyong, Pyeoung	515
포	包	Po	P'o		57
표	表, 俵	Pyo	P'yo	Phyo, Poy, Peo, Pho, Pou	30,749
풍	馮	Pung	P'ung	Poong, Poung	651
피	皮	Pi	P'i	Pee, Phee, Phi, Pe, Phie	6,578
필	弼, 畢	Pil	P'il	Phil, Fil, Peel	174
하	河, 夏, 何, 賀, 荷	Ha	Ha	Hah, Har, Hwa, Haa, Hagh	233,106
학	郝	Hak	Hak		35
한	韓, 漢, 汗, 恨	Han	Han	Hahn, Hann, Haan, Khan, Hwan	773,537
함	咸	Ham	Ham	Hahm, Harm, Hamm, Haam, Hwam	80,659
해	海, 解	Hae	Hae		155
허	許, 许	Heo	Hŏ	Hur, Huh, Her, Hu, Ho	326,782
현	玄, 賢	Hyeon	Hyŏn	Hyun, Hyon, Hyoun, Hyen, Hyeun	88,831
형	邢, 刑, 形	Hyeong	Hyŏng	Hyung, Hyoung, Hyong, Hung, Houng	7,328
호	扈, 胡, 鎬, 虎, 湖	Ho	Ho	Hoh	5,853
홍	洪, 烘, 䜤, 弘, 㤨, 哄, 紅	Hong	Hong	Houng, Heung, Heong, Whong, Hohng	558,994
화	化	Hwa	Hwa	Wha, Hoa, Hua	915
황	黃, 皇, 潢, 荒, 晃, 煌, 簧	Hwang	Hwang	Whang, Hoang, Huang, Hang, Hawng	697,475
황목	荒木	Hwangmok	Hwangmok		5
황보	皇甫, 黃甫	Hwangbo	Hwangbo	Whangbo, Hoangbo, Hwangpo, Whoangbo, Howangbo	10,427
후	侯, 候, 后	Hu	Hu	Hou, Hoo, Hong, Who, Huu	74
Other					91,107

From 2000 South Korean statistics

These are surnames that appear in the 2000 South Korean statistics but not in 2015. Since the 2015 statistics only lists surnames used by five or more people, these surnames may still exist.

Hangul	Hanja	RR	MR	Other romanizations	Population
강	彊	Gang	Kang		13,328
강전	岡田	Gangjeon	Kangjŏn	Kangjun	51
개	介	Gae	Kae		86
군	君	Gun	Kun		46
뇌	賴	Noe	Noe		12
누	樓	Nu	Nu		24
단	端	Dan	Tan		34
돈	敦	Don	Ton		21
두	頭	Du	Tu		208
범	凡	Beom	Pŏm		157
빙	冰	Bing	Ping		726
소봉	小峰	Sobong	Sobong		18
십	辻	Sip	Sip		82
양	襄	Yang	Yang		823
여	汝	Yeo	Yŏ		358
영	永	Yeong	Yŏng		132
예	乂	Ye	Ye		1
장곡	長谷	Janggok	Changgok		52
저	邸	Jeo	Chŏ	Cho, Ji, Chu, Jo	48
준	俊	Jun	Chun	June	72
즙	辻	Jeup	Chŭp	Chup	4
초	肖	Cho	Ch'o		70
춘	椿	Chun	Ch'un		77
편	扁	Pyeon	P'yŏn		633
환	桓	Hwan	Hwan		157
흥	興	Heung	Hŭng	Hong, Huynh, Khuong	462

Other surnames

Historical surnames

These surnames are found in historical texts and are no longer in use today.

Hangul	Hanja	RR	MR	References
고이	古爾	Goi	Koi
명림	明臨	Myeongnim	Myŏngnim
목	木	Mok	Mok
목협	木劦	Mokhyeop	Mokhyŏp
백	苩	Baek	Paek
부여	扶餘	Buyeo	Puyŏ
사마	司馬	Sama	Sama
소실	少室	Sosil	Sosil
수미	首彌	Sumi	Sumi
여	餘	Yeo	Yŏ
연	淵	Yeon	Yŏn
우	優	U	U
을	乙	Eul	Ŭl
을지	乙支	Eulji	Ŭlchi
조미	祖彌	Jomi	Chomi
중실	仲室	Jungsil	Chungsil
협	劦	Hyeop	Hyŏp
흑치	黑齒	Heukchi	Hŭkch'i