The Korean family name Min is written with only one hanja (閔). The 2000 census found 142,752 people in 43,887 households belonging to this clan (about 0.35% of the South Korean population at the time), making it the 47th-most-common surname among the 286 surnames listed in the census.[1] This represented a growth of 3.8 percent from 137,317 in the 1985 census, a far smaller increase than the fifteen percent growth in the overall South Korean population over the same period.[2]
The family name Min has one major clan lineage, the Yeoheung Min clan, whose bon-gwan (origin of the lineage, not necessarily the residence of living members) is present-day Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province. Yeoju has traditionally been called Yeoheung (during Joseon dynasty) and Hwangryeo (Goryeo dynasty), and the Min family has accordingly been referred to as Hwangryeo Mins or other variations during different times in history.
The Yeoheung Min clan is subdivided into 46 sub-clans ("Pa"). In addition to the Yeoheung Mins, the Korean census lists families using the syllable Min in their family names including the Gyeongju Mins and Yeongju Mins. These clans are not listed in the official family tree (Jokbo) of the Yeoheung Min clan and their origins are unverified.[3]
In given names, the meaning of Min differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 27 hanja with the reading Min, and four variant forms, on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are:[4]
^"행정구역(구시군)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구" [Family names by administrative region (district, city, county): separated by bon-gwan, households and individuals]. Korean Statistical Information Service. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^"성씨인구분포데이터" [Family name population and distribution data]. South Korea: National Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
^"여흥민씨" [Yeoheung Min clan]. JoongAng Ilbo. 22 January 1983. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^"인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. p. 17. Archived from the original(PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
^"𩔉". zdic.net. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^ abc2011년 인기 이름 리포트 (in Korean). Johnson's Baby Center. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
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