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
The last name Korean (Russian: Кореан) has its highest incidence in Iran. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Korean click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Korean? popularity and diffusion
The last name Korean is the 427,840th most widespread family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 9,030,416 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Korean live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 940,641st most frequently held given name in the world, held by 101 people.
The surname is most numerous in Iran, where it is carried by 764 people, or 1 in 100,501. In Iran Korean is mostly found in: Bushehr Province, where 71 percent live, Fars Province, where 9 percent live and Khuzestan Province, where 6 percent live. Other than Iran Korean is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Marshall Islands, where 2 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
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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