Min is an uncommon Korean family name as well as a common syllable in Korean given names.
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Hangul | 민 |
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Hanja | Family name: 閔 In given names: 民敏憫玟旻旼閔珉岷忞慜敃愍潣暋䪸泯悶緡𩔉鈱脗閩盿罠琝琘 |
Revised Romanization | Min |
McCune–Reischauer | Min |
The Korean family name Min is written with only one hanja (閔). The 2000 census found 142,752 people in 43,887 households belonging to this clan (about 0.35% of the South Korean population at the time), making it the 47th-most-common surname among the 286 surnames listed in the census.[1] This represented a growth of 3.8 percent from 137,317 in the 1985 census, a far smaller increase than the fifteen percent growth in the overall South Korean population over the same period.[2]
The family name Min has one major clan lineage, the Yeoheung Min clan, whose bon-gwan (origin of the lineage, not necessarily the residence of living members) is present-day Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province. Yeoju has traditionally been called Yeoheung (during Joseon dynasty) and Hwangryeo (Goryeo dynasty), and the Min family has accordingly been referred to as Hwangryeo Mins or other variations during different times in history.
The Yeoheung Min clan is subdivided into 46 sub-clans ("Pa"). In addition to the Yeoheung Mins, the Korean census lists families using the syllable Min in their family names including the Gyeongju Mins and Yeongju Mins. These clans are not listed in the official family tree (Jokbo) of the Yeoheung Min clan and their origins are unverified.[3]
People with the family name Min include:
In given names, the meaning of Min differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 27 hanja with the reading Min, and four variant forms, on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are:[4]
Many names containing the syllable Min have been popular for newborn children in South Korea in recent decades:
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Other given names with this syllable include:
People with the single-syllable given name Min include: