Nam (Korean surname)
Nam | |
Hangul | 남 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Nam |
McCune–Reischauer | Nam |
Nam is a Korean family name meaning "south". The 2000 South Korean census found 257,178 people with this family name, of whom 150,394 belonged to the Uiryeong Nam 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
[edit]Korean people with this surname include:
- Nam Bo-ra (born 1989), South Korean actress
- Nam Chang-hee (born 1957), South Korean plasma physicist
- Nam Da-reum (born 2002), South Korean actor
- Nam Da-won (born 1997), South Korean singer, member of girl group Cosmic Girls
- Nam Doh-hyeong (born 1983), South Korean voice actor
- 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 Il (1913–1976), Russian-born North Korean military officer, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Nam Jeong-im (1945–1992), South Korean actress
- Nam Ji-hyun (born 1990), South Korean singer, former member of girl group 4Minute
- Nam Ji-hyun (born 1995), South Korean actress
- 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
- Nam Woo-hyun (born 1991), South Korean singer, member of boy group 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
- Nam Yu-jin (born 1995), South Korean singer-songwriter, composer, actress
- Eric Nam (born 1988), Korean-American singer
- Leonardo Nam (born 1979), Korean Australian actor
- Naomi Nari Nam (born 1985), American figure skater
See also
[edit]A number of Korean given names also contain the same character "nam" meaning south, or another identically pronounced one (男) meaning "man":
References
[edit]- ^ "성씨인구분포데이터 (Surname population and distribution data)". South Korea: National Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
External links
[edit]- (in Korean) Page for Nam on surname.info