{
  "id": "kr-surnames",
  "name": "South Korea — Popular Surnames",
  "title": "South Korea — Popular Surnames",
  "description": "Most common family names (surnames) reported in South Korea, ranked by frequency, with localized and romanized spellings and population counts where available. Compiled from Wikipedia 'Lists of most common surnames' (accessed Jul 2023) via the sigpwned/popular-names-by-country-dataset project.",
  "category": "geography",
  "source": "https://github.com/sigpwned/popular-names-by-country-dataset",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/sigpwned/popular-names-by-country-dataset",
  "updated": "2026-04",
  "record_count": 50,
  "columns": [
    {
      "key": "id",
      "label": "Id",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "rank",
      "label": "Rank",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "localized",
      "label": "Localized",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "romanized",
      "label": "Romanized",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "count",
      "label": "Count",
      "type": "string"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "id": "KR-1",
      "rank": 1,
      "localized": "金, 김",
      "romanized": "Ghim, Gim, Kim",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-2",
      "rank": 2,
      "localized": "李, 리, 이",
      "romanized": "Lee, Rhee, Yi",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-3",
      "rank": 3,
      "localized": "朴, 박",
      "romanized": "Bak, Pak, Park",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-4",
      "rank": 4,
      "localized": "崔, 최",
      "romanized": "Choe, Choi, Choy, Joy",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-5",
      "rank": 5,
      "localized": "鄭, 정",
      "romanized": "Cheong, Chung, Jeong, Jung, Young",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-6",
      "rank": 6,
      "localized": "姜, 강",
      "romanized": "Gang, Ghang, Kang",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-7",
      "rank": 7,
      "localized": "趙, 조",
      "romanized": "Cho, Jo, Joe",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-8",
      "rank": 8,
      "localized": "尹, 윤",
      "romanized": "Yoon, Youn, Yun",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-9",
      "rank": 9,
      "localized": "張, 장",
      "romanized": "Chang, Jang",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-10",
      "rank": 10,
      "localized": "林, 림, 임",
      "romanized": "Im, Lim, Rhim, Rim",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-11",
      "rank": 11,
      "localized": "韓, 한",
      "romanized": "Han",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-12",
      "rank": 12,
      "localized": "吳, 오",
      "romanized": "O, Oh",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-13",
      "rank": 13,
      "localized": "徐, 서",
      "romanized": "Seo, Seoh, Suh",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-14",
      "rank": 14,
      "localized": "申, 신",
      "romanized": "Shin, Sin",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-15",
      "rank": 15,
      "localized": "權, 권",
      "romanized": "Gwon, Kuen, Kwon",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-16",
      "rank": 16,
      "localized": "黃, 황",
      "romanized": "Huang, Hwang",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-17",
      "rank": 17,
      "localized": "安, 안",
      "romanized": "Ahn, An",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-18",
      "rank": 18,
      "localized": "宋, 송",
      "romanized": "Song",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-19",
      "rank": 19,
      "localized": "柳, 류, 유",
      "romanized": "Ryoo, Ryu, Yoo, Yu",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-20",
      "rank": 20,
      "localized": "全, 전",
      "romanized": "Cheon, Chun, Jeon, Jun",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-21",
      "rank": 21,
      "localized": "洪, 홍",
      "romanized": "Hong",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-22",
      "rank": 22,
      "localized": "高, 고",
      "romanized": "Go, Goh, Ko, Koh",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-23",
      "rank": 23,
      "localized": "文, 문",
      "romanized": "Mon, Moon, Mun, Munn",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-24",
      "rank": 24,
      "localized": "梁, 량, 양",
      "romanized": "Ryang, Yang",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-25",
      "rank": 25,
      "localized": "孫, 손",
      "romanized": "Sohn, Son, Sonn",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-26",
      "rank": 26,
      "localized": "裵, 배",
      "romanized": "Bae, Bai, Pae, Pai",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-27",
      "rank": 27,
      "localized": "曺, 조",
      "romanized": "Cho, Jo",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-28",
      "rank": 28,
      "localized": "白, 백",
      "romanized": "Baek, Bak, Bhak, Paik, Pak, Phak",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-29",
      "rank": 29,
      "localized": "許, 허",
      "romanized": "Heo, Her, Hui, Hur",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-30",
      "rank": 30,
      "localized": "劉, 류, 유",
      "romanized": "Lau, Liu, Yau, Yoo, Yu",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-31",
      "rank": 31,
      "localized": "남",
      "romanized": "Nam, Nan, Nham",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-32",
      "rank": 32,
      "localized": "南, 沈, 심",
      "romanized": "Shen, Shim, Sim",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-33",
      "rank": 33,
      "localized": "盧, 노, 로",
      "romanized": "No, Noh, Roh",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-34",
      "rank": 34,
      "localized": "丁, 정",
      "romanized": "Jeong, Jung",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-35",
      "rank": 35,
      "localized": "河, 하",
      "romanized": "Ha, Hah",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-36",
      "rank": 36,
      "localized": "郭, 곽",
      "romanized": "Gwak, Koak, Kwak",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-37",
      "rank": 37,
      "localized": "成, 성",
      "romanized": "Seong, Shong, Shung, Sung",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-38",
      "rank": 38,
      "localized": "車, 차",
      "romanized": "Cha",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-39",
      "rank": 39,
      "localized": "朱, 주",
      "romanized": "Choo, Chu, Joo, Ju, Juu, Zhu, Zuu",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-40",
      "rank": 40,
      "localized": "禹, 우",
      "romanized": "U, Woo",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-41",
      "rank": 41,
      "localized": "具, 구",
      "romanized": "Goo, Gu, Koo",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-42",
      "rank": 42,
      "localized": "辛, 신",
      "romanized": "Shin, Sin",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-43",
      "rank": 43,
      "localized": "任, 임",
      "romanized": "Im, Yim",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-44",
      "rank": 44,
      "localized": "羅, 나, 라",
      "romanized": "La, Na, Ra",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-45",
      "rank": 45,
      "localized": "田, 전",
      "romanized": "Jeon, Jun",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-46",
      "rank": 46,
      "localized": "閔, 민",
      "romanized": "Min",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-47",
      "rank": 47,
      "localized": "兪, 유",
      "romanized": "Yoo, Yu",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-48",
      "rank": 48,
      "localized": "陳, 진",
      "romanized": "Chen, Jean, Jen, Jin",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-49",
      "rank": 49,
      "localized": "池, 지",
      "romanized": "Jee, Ji",
      "count": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "KR-50",
      "rank": 50,
      "localized": "嚴, 엄",
      "romanized": "Eom, Uhm, Um",
      "count": ""
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "title": "South Korea — Popular Surnames - Free Download",
    "description": "Most common family names (surnames) reported in South Korea, ranked by frequency, with localized and romanized spellings and population counts where available. Compiled from Wikipedia 'Lists of most common surnames' (accessed Jul 2023) via the sigpwned/popular-names-by-country-dataset project. Contains 50 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "seo_title": "South Korea — Popular Surnames | ListBase",
    "seo_description": "Download South Korea — Popular Surnames dataset with 50 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "key_takeaways": [
      "Contains 50 records with 5 fields",
      "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats",
      "Data sourced from https://github.com/sigpwned/popular-names-by-country-dataset"
    ]
  }
}