Bae (surname)

Bae, also spelled Bai or Pae, is a Korean family name. The South Korean census of 2015 found 400,641 people by this surname, or less than 1% of the population. In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 96.8% of people with this family name spelled it in Latin letters as Bae. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 3.2%) included Bai, Pae, and Bea.

There are two different ways to write the name in hanja: the most common, and an alternative which lacks the "stem" (, Radical 8) at the top. The most common character is also used to write the Chinese surname Pei, which is also the origin of the Vietnamese surname Bùi.

Notable people

 * Bae Doona (born 1979), South Korean actress and photographer
 * Bae Eun-sik, South Korean actor
 * Bae Geu-rin (born 1989), South Korean actress
 * Bae Hae-min (born 1988), South Korean footballer
 * Bae Hae-sun (born 1974), South Korean actress
 * Bae Hyun-jin (born 1983), South Korean broadcaster and politician
 * Bae Hyun-sung (born 1999), South Korean actor
 * Bae In-hyuk (born 1998), South Korean actor
 * Bae Jeong-min, South Korean voice actress
 * Ji-hwan Bae (born 1999), South Korean baseball player
 * Punch (born Bae Jin-young, 1993), South Korean singer
 * Bae Jin-young (born 2000), South Korean singer and actor
 * Bae Jong-ok (born 1964), South Korean actress
 * Irene (born Bae Joo-hyun, 1991), South Korean singer
 * Bae Ki-jong (born 1983), South Korean football player
 * Bae Ki-sung (born 1972), South Korean singer and radio presenter
 * Bae Noo-ri (born 1993), South Korean actress
 * Bae Sang-moon (born 1986), South Korean professional golfer
 * Bae Seong-woo (born 1972), South Korean actor
 * Bae Seul-ki (born 1986), South Korean singer
 * Bae Soo-bin (born 1976), South Korean actor
 * Chae Soo-bin (born Bae Soo-bin, 1994), South Korean actress
 * Bae Suah (born 1965), South Korean writer and translator
 * Bae Sung-jae (born 1978), South Korean television personality
 * Tak Jae-hoon (born Bae Sung-woo, 1968), South Korean entertainer
 * Bae Suzy (born Bae Su-ji, 1994), South Korean singer and actress
 * Bae Woo-hee (born 1991), South Korean singer
 * Bae Yeon-ju (born 1990), South Korean badminton player
 * Bae Yong-joon (born 1972), South Korean businessman and actor
 * Bae Yong-kyun (born 1951), South Korean film director
 * Bae Yoo-na (born 1989), South Korean volleyball player
 * Bae Yoon-kyung (born 1993), South Korean actress
 * Bae Young-soo (born 1981), South Korean baseball player
 * Pae Kil-su (born 1972), North Korean gymnast
 * Pae Tal-jun (born 1936), North Korean politician and bureaucrat