| Nam | |
| Hangul | 남 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 南 |
| RR | Nam |
| MR | Nam |
Nam is a Korean family name meaning "south". The 2000 South Korean census found 257,178 people with this family name,of whom 150,394 belonged to the Uiryeong Nam bon-gwan . According to the same census,the place with the highest frequency of people belonging to that bon-gwan was Eumseong County,North Chungcheong Province,where it accounted for 1,021 people,or 1.21% of the population;this represented a significant drop both in numbers and in proportion from the 1985 census,when it accounted for 1,427 people,or 1.71% of the population. [1]
The surname “Nam”is also found in the Middle East,mostly in Hebrew speaking communities though it is a rare surname overall with the meaning “slept”(נם).
Korean people with this surname include:
A number of Korean given names also contain the same character "nam" meaning south,or another identically pronounced one (男) meaning "man":
