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A Korean surname(姓氏) is a hereditary name placed in front of a given name, used by Koreans to mark common familial relationships.

There were 277 unique surnames in 1486 as recorded in the "Donggukyeojiseungram", 298 in 1766 as recorded in the "Dogokchongseol (陶谷叢說)", 496 in 1908 as recorded in the "Jeungbomunheonbigo", and 258 were recorded in the 1960 [[national census of the Republic of Korea.

In Statistics Korea's results for the 2015 national census, there were a total of 5,582 legally-recognized Korean surnames, including those of foreign origin which had been subsequently naturialized. Of these, 1,507 could be expressed in hanja, and 4,075 did not have an associated hanja expression.

Korean surnames are distinguished by bon-gwan. Accounting for each bon-gwan, the number of surnames increased in number from 4,179 to 36,744 between 2000 to 2015. There are 858 bon-gwan with at least 1,000 members as of 2015, which contain 97.8% of the total population.

History
The Korean surname is believed to have been introduced alongside with the importation of other elements of Chinese culture, such as Chinese characters. Text on the Jinheungwang Sunsubi and Geumseokmun indicates that the Silla people used names in the Idu format, before beginning to borrow Chinese characters for both surnames and given names from the 7th Century.

In Goguryeo, its founder Chumo the Holy used the surname Go(高), and he gave surnames such as Geuk(克), Jungsil(仲室), Sosil(小室) to his closest subjects by decree. Surnames such as Hae(解), Eul(乙), Ye(禮), Song(松), Mok(穆), U(于), Ju(周), Ma(馬), Son(孫), Chang(倉), Dong(董), Ye(芮), Yeon(淵), Myeonglim(明臨), Eulji(乙支) have also been recorded.

In Baekje, its founder Onjo adopted the surname Buyeo(夫餘), as he was originally from Buyeo and had travelled south to establish the new kingdom. Court records show the surnames Sa(沙), Yeon(燕), Hyeop(劦), Hae(解), Jin(眞), Guk(國), Mok(木), Baek(苩) as being the surnames of the Great Eight Families(大姓八族) of Baekje. The historic document "Samguk Sagi" mentions the surname Maryeo(馬藜) among the contributors to the founding of Baekje, while also noting other surnames such as Sama(司馬), Sumi(首彌), Jomi(祖彌), Goyi(古爾), Mokhyeop(木劦).

In Silla, the royal household held three surnames in Park(朴), Seok(昔) and Kim(金). Yuri of Silla gave the surnames Yi(李), Choe(崔), Jeong(鄭), Son(孫), Bae(裵), Seol(薛) by decree to each of the leaders of the six clans of Saro-guk.