Talk:List of South Korean surnames by prevalence

Duplicate articles?
There are articles titled "List of Korean family names" and "List of common Korean surnames". Does anyone else think these are sufficiently similar to warrant merging them into one article? --220.76.15.52 (talk) 06:48, 16 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I want to keep an article that has the order of name by population. (Heroeswithmetaphors)   talk  21:57, 18 April 2012 (UTC)


 * The way the other page is set up (now, anyway), you can order it by prevalence; so I would vote to merge. Mayumashu (talk) 11:55, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Merge. This is an obvious duplicate, the other article has the same sortable table. I cannot see an difference. Teemeah 편지 (letter)  12:20, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

I/Ri (Li) surname
My observation is that the South Korean norm - 이 (I) matches the North Korean 리 (Ri) when it is after another vowel, so a man could be addressed as 미스터 리 (miseuteo Ri) and women 미스 리 (miseu Ri) (by a senior), as 미스터 (Mr.) and 미스 (Ms.) are not used to address seniors and 이 changes to 리. --Anatoli (talk) 23:52, 12 December 2011 (UTC)


 * 미스터 and 미스 are Konglish and are not used in daily life. Rather, 씨 or 님 are used if the person does not qualify for 선생님 or 아저씨 or 아가씨 or 할아버지 or some other title. (Heroeswithmetaphors)   talk  21:54, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

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Resources & References
The only current reference cited (2006-09-07) is outdated. This resource --- http://forebears.io/south-korea#surnames --- seems much better. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Supernova Soup (talk • contribs) 02:46, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

I added a top 10 name list. It should probably be reformatted into a table. It's also worth noting that the new reference (with data from 2014) contradicts the first list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Supernova Soup (talk • contribs) 03:07, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

This source http://forebears.io/south-korea#surnames is questionable. It is a known fact in South Korea that Kim (김), Lee (이), and Park (박) are the most common surnames there and looking at the source in question, Kim (김) is 59th and Lee(이) is 69th. Also, the site is not reputable source as it is an online genealogy portal and not an actual census. Cp4tj (talk) 09:05, 4 May 2018 (UTC)