Korean Job Discussion Forums

HardyandTiny · Joined: 03 Jun 2003

Is Baek, Paek different from Pak, Park? Is this right? I would have guessed Baek to make top 20.

why doesn't anyone use Bark?

http://commonkore.com/ck_article/200306/200306_kor_lastname.php

20 Most Common Korean Last Names

1. �� (Kim, Khym, Kimm, Ghim) - 21.6% of the population

2. �� (Lee, Yi, Rhee, Li) - 14.8%

3. �� (Park, Pak, Bhak) - 8.5%

4. �� (Choi, Choe, Chwe) - 4.7%

5. �� or �� (Chung, Jung, Jeong, Chong) - 4.4%

6. �� ˩ or ˬ (Kang, Khang) - 2.1%

7. �� or �� (Cho, Jo) - 2.1%

8. �� (Yoon, Yun) - 2.1%

9. �� (Chang, Jang) - 2%

10. �� (Lim, Yim, Im, Em) - 1.7%

11. �� (Han, Hahn) - 1.6%

12. �� (Oh) - 1.5%

13. �� (Shin, Sinn) - 1.5%

14. �� (Suh, Seo) - 1.5%

15. �� (Kwon) - 1.4%

16. Ȳ �� (Hwang) - 1.4%

17. �� (Ahn, An) - 1.4%

18. �� (Song) - 1.4%

19. �� (Yu, Yoo) - 1.3%

20. ȫ �� (Hong) - 1.1%

wylde · Joined: 14 Apr 2003

kim had to get the majority

Ilsanman · Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Location: Bucheon, Korea

Paek or Baek is different, and I think it means white.

matthews_world · Joined: 15 Feb 2003

Had a girlfriend who's last name was Woo which is not too common. She mentioned that she was related to some king or lord about 5 or 6 generations back.

Very Happy

Ilsanman · Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Location: Bucheon, Korea

I have had 2 g/f's whose family names was not on that list.

Dan · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Sunny Glendale, CA

My name is Jin, and I think I fall in the last 10 common names in Korea :/

Corporal · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

mithridates · Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 6:23 am Post subject:

A friend of mine has an interesting name. Last name is Namgung and her first name is Min.

VanIslander · Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 9:35 pm Post subject:

Zed · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Shakedown Street

How about the impeached president's name? Roh? Should be Noh.

phaedrus · Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Location: I'm comin' to get ya.

I'm at number 11. Go Han.

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Yes, with just a little bit more effort (and some lucky Saturday nights), the Hans could pass the Lims...only 0.1% behind. Get....uh, busy.

Personally, I think the Kims are messing with the statistics or else I'm an �� magnet. I swear that 3 out of every 4 Koreans I know are named ��. In my very first middle school class I had 8 or 9 students: ALL of them were named ��.

J.B. Clamence · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

I think the least common one I've seen is Ch'a.

ryleeys · Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Location: Columbia, MD

Did my post about "Yi" being spelled "Lee" get deleted?

Ilsanman · Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Location: Bucheon, Korea