As of February 3, 2007, the South Korean Supreme Court has announced that the most popular last names in Korea are Kim, Lee, Park and Choi for both non-Koreans who acquire citizenship as well as for native Koreans themselves. A relevant statistic also reported by the Supreme Court was that out of 110 individuals who became Korean citizens between October 2006 and December 2006, 51 chose the popular last name Kim.
All in all, Korean government statistics account for around 9.9 million Koreans with the surname Kim, which is roughly 21.6 percent of the country’s total population. Lee follows with 14.8 percent, and then comes Park with 8.5 percent and Choi with 4.7 percent. A Korean court official said that with the rise in popularity of international marriages, diversity within Korean last names is sure to increase.
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please give me a good name in korean
My Homie last name is Lee.
i thought the name kwan was a popular last name
It’s Kwon with an ‘o’
Kwan, I think, is chinese, not Korean
actaully, kwan is not a korean last name, its a chinese last name
Well.. there’s only one family group with the last name kwan in South Korea.. So they’re rare^^
my buddie’s girlfriend has the same last name as him.. They are both Kim
My last name is Eo.
We’re rare, but we’re not that rare.
haha.
lol
hi i think park- called pak sorda lol it is an old name that belonged 2 many kings and queens of korea in about well idk along time ago?
i think my name park is the bomb
the korean names are ajib [hindi word] i am an indian girl i like the name kim chang because it sound so good