Songjin Jeup clan

Seongjin Jeup clan is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Kimchaek, North Hamgyong Province. According to the research held in 2000, the number of Jeup clan of Seongjin was 86. Their founder was Jeup Gan-bu who was born between Korean mother and Japanese father. Jeup Gan-bu was dispatched to Korea as an employee of a railroad company when Korea was colonized by Japan. Jeup Gan-bu was naturalized in his tenth in 1954 followed by his mother. At that time, Jeup Gan-bu founded Jeup clan of Seongjin.