Nam (Korean surname)

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Nam
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationNam
McCune–ReischauerNam

Nam is a

bon-gwan. According to the same census, the place with the highest frequency of people belonging to that bon-gwan was Eumseong County, North Chungcheong Province, where it accounted for 1,021 people, or 1.21% of the population; this represented a significant drop both in numbers and in proportion from the 1985 census, when it accounted for 1,427 people, or 1.71% of the population.[1]

People

Korean people with this surname include:

  • Nam Bo-ra (born 1989), South Korean actress
  • Nam Da-reum (born 2002), South Korean actor
  • Cosmic Girls
  • Nam Gi-ae (born 1961), South Korean actress
  • Nam Gi-nam (born 1942), South Korean director of movies, cartoons and TV series
  • Nam Gyu-ri (born 1985), South Korean singer, former member of girl group SeeYa
  • Nam Hae-il (born 1948), South Korean naval officer
  • Nam Hye-seung, South Korean composer and music director
  • Nam Hyun-hee (born 1981), South Korean foil fencer
  • Nam Ji-hyun (actress)
    (born 1995), South Korean actress
  • Nam Ji-hyun (singer) (born 1990), South Korean singer, former member of girl group 4Minute
  • Nam Joo-hyuk (born 1994), South Korean actor and model
  • Nam Jung-hyun (born 1933), South Korean author
  • Nam Kyung-jin (born 1988), South Korean freestyle wrestler
  • Nam Na-yeong (born 1971), South Korean film editor
  • Nam Sang-mi (born 1984), South Korean actress
  • Nam Sung-yong (1912–2001), Korean Olympian
  • Nam Tae-hee (born 1991), South Korean football player
  • Nam Tae-hyun (born 1994), South Korean singer, former member of boy group Winner
  • Infinite
  • Nam Yeon-woo (born 1982), South Korean actor
  • Nam Yoon-ho (born 1984), South Korean curler
  • Nam Yoon-su (born 1997), South Korean actor and model
  • Eric Nam (born 1988), Korean-American singer
  • Leonardo Nam (born 1979), Korean Australian actor
  • Naomi Nari Nam (born 1985), American figure skater

See also

A number of

Korean given names
also contain the same character "nam" meaning south, or another identically pronounced one (男) meaning "man":

References

  1. ^ "성씨인구분포데이터 (Surname population and distribution data)". South Korea: National Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2013-05-28.

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