Why is "park" the most popular family name in korea?

Park is the third most common family name in Korea.





These are the top 6 most common family names in order.





1. Kim


2. Lee


3. Park


4. Choi


5. Jeong


6. Kang





The top three are by far the most common. Finding a Kim, Lee or Park in Korea isn't like finding a needle in a haystack; it's like finding hay in a haystack.

Why is "park" the most popular family name in korea?
You can't really say that a family name is 'popular'. It's just common. And I think Kim is the most common, because there's more than one ancestral line.
Reply:Its origin is King Park Hyeokgeose, the founder of the Silla dynasty on 57 BCE.





Fun fact: the names Kim (the most popular), Lee and Park account for almost half the population of Korea.
Reply:theres also Kim and lee.





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asimo converting the masses





안녕 ......
Reply:why is Li the most popular family name in Canada, of all places... followed by Smith, which I for one thought was the most popular one.
Reply:It's like Jones or Smith in the US. It's passed down from generations.
Reply:its not the most popular korean family name..


its actually kim


but does it really matter?
Reply:박 is really more closely pronounced 'Bak' in Korean even though it's spelled 'Park, Pak' etc. in English.


Like other responders mentioned, 김 (Kim %26gt; Gim) and 이 (Lee %26gt; Yi) are popular family names in Korea as well.
Reply:cause a lot of people named park moved there
Reply:Actually Park is not the most popular family name.


It's Kim.





surnames like Kim , Park, Lee etc sounds same so you may think that they have all SAME surnames but you are mistaken.





even though they use same "Park" each "Park"'s meaning, it's origin and their ancestors are different.
Reply:idk. y are a lot of ppl from america have the last name smith?