Korean Surname
Approximately 807 people bear this surname
Korean Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 764 | 1:100,501 | 9,824 |
| Marshall Islands | 15 | 1:3,455 | 727 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Korean (101) may also be a first name.
Korean Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Korean Come From? nationality or country of origin
Korean (Russian: Кореан) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Korean? popularity and diffusion
It is the 427,840th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 9,030,416 people. The last name Korean is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Korean live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Korean is also the 940,641st most prevalent forename globally, borne by 101 people.
This last name is most widely held in Iran, where it is borne by 764 people, or 1 in 100,501. In Iran it is most numerous in: Bushehr Province, where 71 percent are found, Fars Province, where 9 percent are found and Khuzestan Province, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Iran this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The Marshall Islands, where 2 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Korean Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Korean in the Russian language | ||
| Кореан | korean | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Korean
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