Park (Korean name)

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Park is one of the more numerous family names of the Korean people in Korea. This Korean name means "sincere," "simple" and "unadorned." When the case is based on the surname, it means plain. Nine percent of the Korean population uses this surname.

Clans

As with most other Korean family names, there are many Park clans, each of which consists of individual Park families. According to the last census in 2000[link], there are 161 Park clans in South Korea consisting in total of 1,215,918 households made up of 3,895,121 individuals.

Even within each clan, people in different families are not related to each other. These distinctions are important, since Korean law used to prohibit intermarriage in the same clan, no matter how remote the relationship; now, however, only those in a relationship of second cousins or closer may not marry.

As with other Korean family names, the Park clans are distinguished by the place from which they claim to originate. Of these clans, the Milyang (Milseong) clan is the largest at 3,031,478 people (about 77% of all Parks). Other notable clans include the Goryeong clan which produced South Korean leader Park Chung Hee.

List of people with the name \"Park\"

Chan-ho Park, baseball player
Park Chan-wook, director and screenwriter
Park Chung Hee, leader of South Korea (1961-1979)
Grace Park, golfer
Grace Park, actress (Battlestar Galactica)
Park Geun-hye, Chairperson of the Grand National Party in South Korea
Park Ji-sung, footballer
Linda Park, actress ()
Richard Park, ice hockey player
Pak Se-ri, golfer

Park (Korean name)

Clans

List of people with the name \"Park\"

See also