According to South Korea’s National Statistical Office, these are the most popular Korean surnames in the Republic of Korea.

This is the most popular surname in Korea. This List of South Korean surnames by prevalence ranks Korean family names by population and includes homophonous hanjas.Data are provided by the South Korean government and only include family name with more than five people. 34. Traditional Korean family names typically consist of only one syllable. 32. Most popular Korean last names on FamilyEducation: Lee, Kim, Choi. This Korean surname refers to ‘profound’ or ‘mysterious’. Korean form of JIANG (2), from Sino-Korean 姜 (gang). For the whole report, please refer to the link below. (The North Korean government does not publish such data.) Korean Last Names This surname originated in China and refers to ‘expand’ or ‘great’. The most common Korean family … 36. Since the majority of Koreans have the same 10-20 surnames, these names will be arranged by popularity in South Korea rather than alphabetically. The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim, followed by Lee … 35. In fact in a population of a little more than 50 million, one in five are named Kim. (N) denotes North Korea. The most common last name in South Korea is Kim. This is derived from the Chinese word ‘Huang’ referring to ‘yellow’. The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim, followed by Lee (Rhee, Yi) (second most common) and Park (Pak) (third most common). 김 (金; Kim, Gim) 2. Im Ho, South Korean actor, is a famous bearer of this surname. Image: Hwaseong Fortress in Suwo, South Korea. Hyun. Since there are relatively few Korean surnames, it is easy to find pretty much most of them that exist and list them on one page. This is an abridged version of the statistics. Hong. Im KIM 김, 金 Korean Korean form of JIN, from Sino-Korean 金 (gim) meaning "gold". A Korean name consists of a family name followed by a given name, as used by the Korean people in both South Korea and North Korea.In the Korean language, ireum or seongmyeong usually refers to the family name (seong) and given name (ireum in a narrow sense) together..
Hwang. One in 10 are named Lee, and nearly half the population is named Kim, Lee or Choi. There is no middle name in the English language sense.

Numbers are taken from the 2015 South Korean census. Together, these top three surnames make up slightly more than half of the Korean population (based on South Korea). Note: (S) denotes South Korea. Ho refers to ‘brave’ or fierce’. 1.