Baek (Korean pronunciation: [pɛ̝k̚]), also often spelled Paek, Baik, or Paik is a Korean family name. In the year 2000, there were 351,275 people with this surname in South Korea. The word means the color white.
Baek | |
Hangul | 백 |
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Hanja | 白 |
Revised Romanization | Baek |
McCune–Reischauer | Paek |
"白" has a Cantonese origin from the Yuan dynasty and Goryeo dynasty.
Some Baekje refugees from the late Silla age had this surname.