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Won (Korean surname)

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Hangul
  
원

Revised Romanization
  
won

Hanja
  
元, 袁, 苑

McCune–Reischauer
  
wŏn

Won is a Korean family name. As of the South Korean census of 2000, there were total of 120,465 people by this surname, or about .2% of the population. Of these, more than 99% used the hanja 元 for their surname. However, a small number used the characters 袁 or 苑.

People with the name

  • Wonhyo, 617–686 CE, one of the leading thinkers of the Korean Buddhist tradition
  • Won Gyun, 1540–1597, Joseon Dynasty naval commander.
  • Won Sei-hoon, b. 1951, former NIS chief of South Korea.
  • Won Seong-jin, b. 1985, South Korean professional Go player.
  • Won Woo-Young, b. 1982, South Korean sabre fencer.
  • Won Lee-sak, or PartinG, South Korean StarCraft II player

    • References

    Won (Korean surname) Wikipedia
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