List of Korean surnames

This is a list of Korean surnames, in hangul alphabetical order.

The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim (김), followed by Lee (이) and Park (박). These three surnames are held by around half of the ethnic Korean population.

This article uses the most recent South Korean statistics (currently 2015) as the basis. No such data is available from North Korea.

From 2015 South Korean statistics
, at least 191 distinct surnames in hangul and 514 distinct surnames in hanja were in use.

From 2000 South Korean statistics
These are surnames that appear in the 2000 South Korean statistics but not in 2015. Since the 2015 statistics only lists surnames used by five or more people, these surnames may still exist.

Historical surnames
These surnames are found in historical texts and are no longer in use today.