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href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_(Familienname)" title="Kim (Familienname) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kim (Familienname)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_(apellido)" title="Kim (apellido) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Kim (apellido)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim" title="Kim – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kim" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%85_(%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C)" title="کیم (نام خانوادگی کره‌ای) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کیم (نام خانوادگی کره‌ای)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_(nom_de_famille)" title="Kim (nom de famille) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kim (nom de famille)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B9%80_(%EC%84%B1%EC%94%A8)" title="김 (성씨) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="김 (성씨)" data-language-autonym="한국어" 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color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Kim</td></tr><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hangul" title="Hangul">Hangul</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline; font-size: 1rem;"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">김</span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline; font-size: 1rem;"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%87%91" class="extiw" title="wikt:金">金</a></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean" title="Revised Romanization of Korean">Revised Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Revised Romanization of Korean transliteration"><i lang="ko-Latn">Gim</i></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/McCune%E2%80%93Reischauer" title="McCune–Reischauer">McCune–Reischauer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="McCune–Reischauer transliteration"><i lang="ko-Latn">Kim</i></span></td></tr><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tbody></table> <p><b>Kim</b> (<a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">김</span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">金</span></span>) is the most common <a href="/wiki/Korean_name" title="Korean name">surname</a> in Korea. As of the 2015 South Korean census, there were 10,689,959 people by this name in <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> or 21.5% of the population. Although the surname is always pronounced the same, dozens of different <a href="/wiki/Korean_clans" title="Korean clans">family clans</a> (<span title="Korean-language text"><i lang="ko">bon-gwan</i></span>) use it. The clan system in Korea is unique from the surname systems of other countries.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census2015_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2015-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kim is written as <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">김</span></span> (<span title="Korean-language text"><i lang="ko">gim</i></span>) in both <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North</a> and South Korea. The hanja for Kim, <span lang="ko"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%87%91#Korean" class="extiw" title="wikt:金">金</a></span>, can also be transliterated as <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">금</span></span> (<span title="Revised Romanization of Korean transliteration"><i lang="ko-Latn">geum</i></span>) which means 'gold, metal, iron'. While <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Korean" title="Romanization of Korean">romanized</a> as Kim by 99.3% of the population, other rare variant romanizations such as Gim, Ghim, and Kin make up the remaining 0.7%.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin">Origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first historical document that records the surname dates to 636 and references it as the surname of Korean King <a href="/wiki/Jinheung_of_Silla" title="Jinheung of Silla">Jinheung of Silla</a> (526–576). In the <a href="/wiki/Silla" title="Silla">Silla</a> kingdom (57 BCE – 935 CE)—which variously battled and allied with other states on the Korean peninsula and ultimately unified most of the country in 668—Kim was the name of a family that rose to prominence and became the rulers of Silla for 586 years.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many scholars have suggested that <a href="/wiki/Kim_Al-chi" title="Kim Al-chi">Kim Al-chi</a> (Alti) may have been the chief of a "gold" (<span title="Korean-language text"><i lang="ko">altin</i></span>) clan of Korea and <a href="/wiki/Manchuria" title="Manchuria">Manchuria</a>, whose story is similar to the legend of Alji Geo-seo-khan.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clans">Clans</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Clans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Distribution_of_South_Korean_family_names.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Distribution_of_South_Korean_family_names.svg/220px-Distribution_of_South_Korean_family_names.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Distribution_of_South_Korean_family_names.svg/330px-Distribution_of_South_Korean_family_names.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Distribution_of_South_Korean_family_names.svg/440px-Distribution_of_South_Korean_family_names.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>21.6% of Korean people bear the family name Kim. However, they all come from different family clans and have different ancestors. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#19578F; color:white;"> </span> Kim, Gim, Ghim</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#419A43; color:black;"> </span> Lee, Yi, Rhee, Yie</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FB9F2C; color:black;"> </span> Park, Bark, Pak, Bhak</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DB1D2A; color:white;"> </span> Choi, Choe</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#7D377B; color:white;"> </span> Jung, Jeong, Chung, Cheong</div></figcaption></figure><p>As with other Korean surnames, different clans, known as <span title="Korean-language text"><i lang="ko"><a href="/wiki/Bon-gwan" class="mw-redirect" title="Bon-gwan">bon-gwan</a></i></span>, are inherited from a father to his children. These designate the region of Korea or paternal ancestor from which they claim to originate. </p><p>The 2000 South Korean census listed 348 extant Kim lineages.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_clans">Major clans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Major clans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Uiseong">Uiseong</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Uiseong"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Uiseong Kim (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">의성김씨</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">義城金氏</span></span>) clan traces its lineage back to Kim Seok, also known as Kim Jung-seok, the son of <a href="/wiki/Gyeongsun_of_Silla" title="Gyeongsun of Silla">Gyeongsun of Silla</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Andong">Andong</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Andong"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Andong_Kim_clan" title="Andong Kim clan">Andong Kim clan</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%EC%95%88%EB%8F%99_%EA%B9%80%EC%94%A8%EC%9D%98_%EC%A2%85%EB%AC%B8.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/%EC%95%88%EB%8F%99_%EA%B9%80%EC%94%A8%EC%9D%98_%EC%A2%85%EB%AC%B8.svg/220px-%EC%95%88%EB%8F%99_%EA%B9%80%EC%94%A8%EC%9D%98_%EC%A2%85%EB%AC%B8.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/%EC%95%88%EB%8F%99_%EA%B9%80%EC%94%A8%EC%9D%98_%EC%A2%85%EB%AC%B8.svg/330px-%EC%95%88%EB%8F%99_%EA%B9%80%EC%94%A8%EC%9D%98_%EC%A2%85%EB%AC%B8.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/%EC%95%88%EB%8F%99_%EA%B9%80%EC%94%A8%EC%9D%98_%EC%A2%85%EB%AC%B8.svg/440px-%EC%95%88%EB%8F%99_%EA%B9%80%EC%94%A8%EC%9D%98_%EC%A2%85%EB%AC%B8.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Family seal of the Andong Kim clan</figcaption></figure> <p>There are two Andong Kim clans (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">안동김씨</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">安東金氏</span></span>), distinguished as Gu (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">구</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">舊</span></span>) and Shin (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">신</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">新</span></span>), that have two separate progenitors. </p><p>Some of the notable Gu Andong Kim clan members were General <a href="/wiki/Kim_Si-min" class="mw-redirect" title="Kim Si-min">Kim Si-min</a> and Prime Minister Kim Sa-hyeong, who was involved with the <a href="/wiki/Gangnido" title="Gangnido">Gangnido</a> map, as well as <a href="/wiki/Hwi-bin_Kim" class="mw-redirect" title="Hwi-bin Kim">Royal Noble Consort Hwi</a> was banished for witchcraft.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Shin Andong Kim clan<sup id="cite_ref-auto_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was one of the powerful clans that dominated the later part of <a href="/wiki/Joseon" title="Joseon">Joseon</a>. One of the most powerful members from the clan was <a href="/wiki/Kim_Jo-sun_(politician)" title="Kim Jo-sun (politician)">Kim Jo-sun</a>, who was the father-in-law to <a href="/wiki/Sunjo_of_Joseon" title="Sunjo of Joseon">Sunjo of Joseon</a>. Kim Josun's daughter was <a href="/wiki/Queen_Sunwon" title="Queen Sunwon">Queen Sunwon</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gimhae_(Kimhae)"><span id="Gimhae_.28Kimhae.29"></span>Gimhae (Kimhae)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Gimhae (Kimhae)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gimhae_Kim_clan" title="Gimhae Kim clan">Gimhae Kim clan</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gimhae_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gimhae_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg/220px-Gimhae_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gimhae_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg/330px-Gimhae_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gimhae_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg/440px-Gimhae_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Family seal of the Gimhae Kim clan</figcaption></figure> <p>The origin of the clan traces back to <a href="/wiki/Suro_of_Geumgwan_Gaya" title="Suro of Geumgwan Gaya">Suro of Geumgwan Gaya</a> who had ten children, thus starting the Kim dynasty of <a href="/wiki/Geumgwan_Gaya" title="Geumgwan Gaya">Geumgwan Gaya</a>, the capital of which was in present-day <a href="/wiki/Gimhae" title="Gimhae">Gimhae</a>. Famous ancient members of this clan, aside from the kings of Geumgwan Gaya, include the Silla general <a href="/wiki/Kim_Yu-sin" title="Kim Yu-sin">Kim Yu-sin</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Later_Silla" class="mw-redirect" title="Later Silla">Later Silla</a>, members of the Gimhae Kim family were admitted to all but the highest level of the Silla <a href="/wiki/Bone_rank_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Bone rank system">bone rank system</a>. </p><p>This clan is by far the most populous of all Korean clans. According to the 2015 South Korean census, there were 4,456,700 Gimhae Kim clan members in South Korea. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kim_surname_pie_chart.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Kim_surname_pie_chart.png/220px-Kim_surname_pie_chart.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Kim_surname_pie_chart.png/330px-Kim_surname_pie_chart.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9e/Kim_surname_pie_chart.png 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="250" /></a><figcaption>Distribution of ancestral lines of the Kim surname (1988)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gyeongju">Gyeongju</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Gyeongju"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gyeongju_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Gyeongju_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg/220px-Gyeongju_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Gyeongju_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg/330px-Gyeongju_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Gyeongju_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg/440px-Gyeongju_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Family seal of the Gyeongju Kim clan</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Gyeongju" title="Gyeongju">Gyeongju</a> Kims (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">경주김씨</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">慶州金氏</span></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> trace their descent from the ruling family of Silla. The founder of this clan is said to have been <a href="/wiki/Kim_Al-chi" title="Kim Al-chi">Kim Al-chi</a>, an orphan adopted by King <a href="/wiki/Talhae_of_Silla" title="Talhae of Silla">Talhae of Silla</a> in the 1st century CE. Alji's seventh-generation descendant was the first member of the clan to take the throne, as King <a href="/wiki/Michu_of_Silla" title="Michu of Silla">Michu of Silla</a> in the year 262. According to the South Korean census of 2015, there were 1,800,853 Gyeongju Kims in South Korea. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Nagan">Nagan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Nagan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Nagan Kim clan (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">낙안김씨</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">樂安金氏</span></span>) is small. Its progenitor, Kim Sujing (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">김수징</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">金粹澄</span></span>), was a descendant of the last king of Silla and established their ancestral home in <a href="/wiki/Suncheon" title="Suncheon">Suncheon</a>. In the South Korean census of 2000, less than 10,000 citizens claimed to be Nagan Kims. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hamchang">Hamchang</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Hamchang"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Hamchang-eup" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamchang-eup">Hamchang</a> Kim clan (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">함창김씨</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">咸昌金氏</span></span>) trace their origin to the founder of the little-known <a href="/wiki/Gaya_confederacy" title="Gaya confederacy">Gaya confederacy</a> state of <a href="/wiki/Goryeong_Gaya" title="Goryeong Gaya">Goryeong Gaya</a>, King Taejo. His alleged tomb, rediscovered in the sixteenth century, is still preserved by the modern-day members of the clan. This clan numbered only 26,300 members in the 2000 South Korean census. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gwangsan">Gwangsan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Gwangsan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gwangsan_Kim_clan" title="Gwangsan Kim clan">Gwangsan Kim clan</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kwangsan_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Kwangsan_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg/220px-Kwangsan_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Kwangsan_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg/330px-Kwangsan_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Kwangsan_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg/440px-Kwangsan_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Gwangsan Kim clan family seal</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Gwangsan_Kim_clan" title="Gwangsan Kim clan">Gwangsan Kim clan</a> (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">광산김씨</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">光山金氏</span></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was one of the most prominent clans during Joseon. The Gwangsan Kims are the descendants of Kim Heung-gwang (김흥광, 金興光), who was the third prince of <a href="/wiki/Sinmu_of_Silla" title="Sinmu of Silla">Sinmu of Silla</a>, its 45th monarch. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Yaseong">Yaseong</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Yaseong"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Yaseong Kim clan (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">야성김씨</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">野城金氏</span></span>) is from <a href="/wiki/Yeongdeok_County" title="Yeongdeok County">Yeongdeok County</a>. The name Yeongdeok replaced an earlier name, Yaseong, which means 'city in the wilderness', and dates its origins back to Silla. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cheongpung">Cheongpung</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Cheongpung"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Cheongpung Kim clan (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">청풍김씨</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">淸風金氏</span></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-auto_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was one of the aristocratic families during the Joseon. Two queens were from this clan during that period. Several members of the clan also became prime ministers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Yonan">Yonan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Yonan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Yonan_Kim_clan" title="Yonan Kim clan">Yonan Kim clan</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Yonan_County" title="Yonan County">Yonan</a> Kim clan was an aristocratic family clan that had members in high government positions during the Joseon era. Six members of the clan were prime ministers. The founder of the Yonan Kim clan was <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_S%C5%8Fm-han&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim Sŏm-han (page does not exist)">Kim Sŏm-han</a> (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">김섬한</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">金暹漢</span></span>), a descendant of <a href="/wiki/Kim_Al-chi" title="Kim Al-chi">Kim Al-chi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gangneung">Gangneung</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Gangneung"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gangneung_Kim_clan" title="Gangneung Kim clan">Gangneung Kim clan</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gangneung_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Gangneung_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg/220px-Gangneung_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Gangneung_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg/330px-Gangneung_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Gangneung_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg/440px-Gangneung_Kim_clan_family_seal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption>Gangneung Kim clan family seal</figcaption></figure> <p>The Gangneung Kim clan (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">강릉김씨</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">江陵金氏</span></span>) originated from <a href="/wiki/Gangneung" title="Gangneung">Gangneung</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gangwon_Province,_South_Korea" title="Gangwon Province, South Korea">Gangwon Province</a>. The progenitor was <a href="/wiki/Kim_Chu-w%C5%8Fn" class="mw-redirect" title="Kim Chu-wŏn">Kim Chu-wŏn</a>, who was a descendant of <a href="/wiki/Muyeol_of_Silla" title="Muyeol of Silla">Muyeol of Silla</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sangsan">Sangsan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Sangsan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Sangsan Kim clan (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">상산김씨</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">商山金氏</span></span>) originated from <a href="/wiki/Sangju" title="Sangju">Sangju</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_Gyeongsang_Province" title="North Gyeongsang Province">North Gyeongsang Province</a>. The progenitor was Kim Su (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">김수</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">金需</span></span>) and the clan had members that participated in the Joseon government. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ulsan">Ulsan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Ulsan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ulsan Kim clan (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">울산김씨</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">蔚山金氏</span></span>) originated from <a href="/wiki/Ulsan" title="Ulsan">Ulsan</a> in <a href="/wiki/Yeongnam" title="Yeongnam">Yeongnam</a>. One of the members of this clan, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_Inhu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim Inhu (page does not exist)">Kim Inhu</a>, was one of the 18 Sages of Korea and honored as a <a href="/wiki/Munmyo" title="Munmyo">Munmyo</a> Bae-hyang (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">문묘배향</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">文廟配享</span></span>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Seoheung">Seoheung</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Seoheung"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Seoheung Kim clan (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">서흥김씨</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">瑞興金氏</span></span>) was one of the smaller Kim clans during the Joseon. The progenitor was Kim Bo (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">김보</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">金寶</span></span>) and one of the members was <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_Gwoeng-pil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim Gwoeng-pil (page does not exist)">Kim Gwoeng-pil</a> (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">김굉필</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">金宏弼</span></span>), who was one of the 18 Sages of Korea and honored as Munmyo Bae-hyang (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">문묘배향</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">文廟配享</span></span>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Wonju">Wonju</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Wonju"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Wonju" title="Wonju">Wonju</a> Kim clan (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">원주김씨</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">原州金氏</span></span>) might be one of the smallest Kim clans during the Joseon. They had two members that became prime ministers during that period. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Jeonju">Jeonju</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Jeonju"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Jeonju_Kim_clan" title="Jeonju Kim clan">Jeonju Kim clan</a></div> <p>According to the South Korean census of 2015, there were 56,989 members of the Jeonju Kim clan in South Korea. Its progenitor, <a href="/wiki/Kim_T%27ae-s%C5%8F" title="Kim T'ae-sŏ">Kim T'ae-sŏ</a>, was descended from the last king of Silla, Gyeongsun of Silla. South Korean artist <a href="/wiki/Kim_Hee-chul" title="Kim Hee-chul">Kim Hee-chul</a> is from the Jeonju clan, as are the <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korean</a> leaders <a href="/wiki/Kim_Il_Sung" title="Kim Il Sung">Kim Il Sung</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kim_Jong_Il" title="Kim Jong Il">Kim Jong Il</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kim_Jong_Un" title="Kim Jong Un">Kim Jong Un</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_clans">Other clans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Other clans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%EA%B9%80%EB%85%95_%EA%B9%80%EC%94%A8%EC%9D%98_%EC%A2%85%EB%AC%B8.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/%EA%B9%80%EB%85%95_%EA%B9%80%EC%94%A8%EC%9D%98_%EC%A2%85%EB%AC%B8.svg/220px-%EA%B9%80%EB%85%95_%EA%B9%80%EC%94%A8%EC%9D%98_%EC%A2%85%EB%AC%B8.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/%EA%B9%80%EB%85%95_%EA%B9%80%EC%94%A8%EC%9D%98_%EC%A2%85%EB%AC%B8.svg/330px-%EA%B9%80%EB%85%95_%EA%B9%80%EC%94%A8%EC%9D%98_%EC%A2%85%EB%AC%B8.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/%EA%B9%80%EB%85%95_%EA%B9%80%EC%94%A8%EC%9D%98_%EC%A2%85%EB%AC%B8.svg/440px-%EA%B9%80%EB%85%95_%EA%B9%80%EC%94%A8%EC%9D%98_%EC%A2%85%EB%AC%B8.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Family seal of Gimnyeong Kim clan</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>Ansan Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">안산김씨</span></span></li> <li>Bu-an Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">부안김씨</span></span></li> <li>Cheongdo Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">청도김씨</span></span></li> <li>Cheongju Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">청주김씨</span></span></li> <li>Daegu Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">대구김씨</span></span></li> <li>Dogang Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">도강김씨</span></span> (Gangjin Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">강진김씨</span></span>)</li> <li>Eon-yang Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">언양김씨</span></span></li> <li>Gaeseong Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">개성김씨</span></span></li> <li>Geumsan Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">금산김씨</span></span></li> <li>Gimnyeong Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">김녕김씨</span></span></li> <li>Gongju Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">공주김씨</span></span></li> <li>Go-ryeong Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">고령김씨</span></span></li> <li>Go-seong Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">고성김씨</span></span></li> <li>Gwangju Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">광주김씨</span></span></li> <li>Gyeongseong Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">경성김씨</span></span></li> <li>Hanyang Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">한양김씨</span></span> (Korean adoptees)</li> <li>Jinju Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">진주김씨</span></span></li> <li>Joong-hwa Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">중화씨</span></span></li> <li>Naju Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">나주김씨</span></span></li> <li>Pungcheon Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">풍천김씨</span></span></li> <li>Pungsan Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">풍산김씨</span></span></li> <li>Samcheok Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">삼척김씨</span></span></li> <li>Seoha Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">서하김씨</span></span></li> <li>Seonsan Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">선산김씨</span></span></li> <li>Suncheon Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">순천김씨</span></span></li> <li>Suwon Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">수원김씨</span></span></li> <li>Ye-an Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">예안김씨</span></span></li> <li>Yeongdong Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">영동김씨</span></span> (Yeongsan Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">영산김씨</span></span>)</li> <li>Yeong-gwang Kim, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">영광김씨</span></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_with_the_Korean_family_name_Kim" title="List of people with the Korean family name Kim">List of people with the Korean family name Kim</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Korea" title="Culture of Korea">Culture of Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_name" title="Korean name">Korean name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Korean_family_names" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Korean family names">List of Korean family names</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_(Korean_surname)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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