Hangul 민 McCune–Reischauer Min | Revised Romanization Min | |
Hanja Family name:
閔: "urge on"
In given names:
民: "people"
敏: "clever" | ||
Min is an uncommon Korean family name. as well as a common syllable in Korean given names.
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As a family name
The family name Min is written with only one hanja (閔). The 2000 South Korean Census found 142,572 people with this family name, up by 3.8 percent from 137,317 in the 1985 census. This increase was far smaller than the fifteen percent growth in the overall South Korean population over the same period. They traced their origins to only a single bon-gwan, Yeoheung-gun (now in Yeoju City), Gyeonggi-do. Sancheong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do was the place where they formed the highest concentration of the local population, with 1,100 people (2.88%), down from 2,243 (3.56%) in the 1985 census. Historically, Min family is known for being one of the few clans which were in control of the government over the king during the Joseon Dynasty, along with Andong Kim and Pungyang Cho clan.
People with the family name Min include:
As name element
There are 27 hanja with the reading Min on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; the most common ones are listed in the table above. The meaning differs based on the hanja which the name contains. Many names containing this syllable have been popular for newborn children in South Korea in recent decades:
Other given names with this syllable include:
People
People with the single-syllable given name Min include: