Korean Surnames

Posted on 19. Jul, 2009 by in Korean Language

Have you ever wondered what Korean surnames sound like? You may have see some of them below. Some of them are very common, and some are not. On official documents like birth/marriage/divorce certificates, it’s typical to see the surname in Chinese characters.

How many have you seen before?

Kim (김) (金)

Park/Bak (박) (樸)

Lee/Yi (이) (李)

Kang (강) (姜)

Kyung (경) (慶)

Go (고) (高)

Nam (남) (南)

Noh (노) (盧)

Ryu (류) (柳)

Oh (오) (伍)

Woo/Wu (우) (於)

Yun (윤) (尹)

Jang/Chang (장) (莊)

Cho/Jo (조) (趙)

Jun (준) (俊)

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3 Responses to “Korean Surnames”

  1. barkl 26 January 2010 at 5:36 am #

    I miss Kwon (권)

  2. barts 19 November 2010 at 8:28 am #

    I Love you! Yeon Kim!

  3. Fluent Korean 28 December 2010 at 10:55 pm #

    That’s pretty awesome! http://www.fluentkorean.com


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