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.
Korean people with this surname include:
Nam Sung-yong (1912–2001), bronze winner of the Marathon at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Nam Jung-hyun (born 1933), South Korean author
Nam Gi-nam (born 1942), South Korean director of movies, cartoons and TV series
Nam Hae-il (born 1948), South Korean naval officer
Nam Na-yeong (born 1971), South Korean film editor
Leonardo Nam (born 1979), Korean Australian actor
Nam Hyun-hee (born 1981), South Korean foil fencer
Nam Sang-mi (born 1984), South Korean actress
Nam Gyu-ri (born 1985), South Korean female singer
Naomi Nari Nam (born 1985), American figure skater
Eric Nam (born 1988), Korean American singer
Nam Ji-hyun (born 1990), South Korean singer (member of Kpop girl group 4Minute)
Nam Woo-hyun (born 1991), South Korean singer (member of Kpop boy band INFINITE)
Nam Joo-hyuk - South Korean actor, model
Nam Tae-hyun (born 1994), South Korean singer (ex-member of Kpop boy band WINNER)
Nam Ji-hyun (born 1995), South Korean actress
Nam Dawon (born 1997), South Korean singer (member of Kpop girl group Cosmic Girls)
Nam Da-reum (born 2002), South Korean actor
