Ahn (Korean name)
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Ahn, also romanized An, is a common Korean family name. It literally means "tranquil." In 2000, there were 637,786 people bearing this surname in South Korea, making it the 20th most common family name in the country, with roughly 2% of the country's population. North Korea does not release figures for surnames, but the percentage is expected to be similar.
For uses of similar surnames in other territories, see An.
Clans
In the traditional Korean clan system, which is still the basis of family registry in South Korea, each clan is distinguished by its bon-gwan, the notional ancestral seat of the clan. Typically each clan claims a different person as its founder, although there are exceptions. 109 Ahn clans are extant today. However, most of these are very small. The majority of Ahns claim membership in the Sungheung Ahn clan. The Gangju and Juksan clans are also quite large; in addition to these, the Tamjin, Gongsan, Chungju, Dongju, Ansan, Jecheon, Angang, and Jucheon clans are significant.
Sunheung
The 2000 South Korean census counted 468,827 members of the Sunheung Ahn clan (순흥안씨, 順興安氏). Their ancestral seat is in modern-day Sunheung-myeon, in Yeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. The founder of the Sunheung Ahn was a petty official of Goryeo named Ahn Ja-mi. The Neo-Confucian philosopher An Hyang was his great-grandson, and is generally numbered among the clan's most illustrious members.
List of people with the surname Ahn
- The Ahn Trio, classical pianists.
- Ahn Chang-ho, Korean independence leader.
- Ahn Eak-tae (1906-1965), a Korean composer.
- An Hyang, philosopher of the late Goryeo period.
- Ahn Jae Mo
- Ahn Jae Wook (b. 1971), a Korean actor, composer and singer.
- An Jung-geun (1879-1910), Korean independence fighter.
- Ahn Jung-hwan (b. 1976), South Korean football player.
- Mihi Ahn, online journalist.
- Philip Ahn, (1905-1978), a Korean-American actor.
- An Yong-bok, Korean sailor who protested the presence of Japanese fishermen on Dokdo.
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