Hwang (surname)
This article needs additional citations for verification. (June 2023) |
Hwang | |
Hangul | 황 |
---|---|
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Hwang |
McCune–Reischauer | Hwang |
Hwang or Whang (or in some cases, Whong[1]) is a Korean family name. Today, Hwangs comprise approximately 1.4% of the Korean population. The South Korean census in the year 2000 found that there were 644,294 Hwangs with over 68 Bon-gwan family clans, making it the 16th most common last name in the country. Also, it is estimated that there are over 29,410,000 individuals whose last names are the variations of Huang, including the Korean Hwang and the Vietnamese Hoang around the world. The Chinese character, or Hanja, for Hwang indicates "yellow" or “Huang Kingdom”.
Bon-gwan[edit]
This section may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards. (August 2014) |
In the traditional Korean clan system, which remains as the basis of the family registry system in South Korea, each clan is distinguished by its bon-gwan (본관,
History[edit]
The Korean Hwang surname originates from a Chinese Han dynasty's diplomatic ambassador to Vietnam, named Hwang Rak (황락,
Before his death, Hwang-Rak had three sons named Gab-Go (갑고,
Notable clans[edit]
- Changwon Hwang clan - 252,814 members.
- Jangsu Hwang clan - 146,575 members.
- Pyeonghae Hwang clan - 137,150 members.
- Hoideok Hwang clan - 7,393 members.
- Sangju Hwang clan - 7,031 members.
- Deoksan Hwang clan - 3,364 members.
- Jaeahn Hwang clan - 2,752 members.
- Hangjoo Hwang clan - 402 members.
All figures are from the 2000 South Korean census.[2]
To this day, the three primary branches of the Hwang family are the Chang-Won (창원황씨,
Notable people[edit]
- Hwang Ah-hyeon — South Korean football player
- Hwang Bo-ra — South Korean actress
- Hwang Bo-reum-byeol — South Korean actress and model
- Hwang Byeong-geun — South Korean football player
- Hwang Byeong-gwan — South Korean wrestler
- Hwang Byung-dae — South Korean skier
- Hwang Byungki — South Korean musician
- Hwang Byungsng — South Korean poet
- Hwang Chan-sung — South Korean singer and actor, member of boy band 2PM
- Hwang Chi-yeul — South Korean singer
- Hwang Dae-heon — South Korean short track speed skater
- David Henry Hwang — American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and theater professor
- Dennis Hwang – American-born South Korean graphic artist
- Hwang Dong-hyuk – South Korean director, screenwriter and producer
- Hwang Eun-bi (stage name SinB) — South Korean singer, member of girl group Viviz
- Hwang Geum-hee — South Korean actress
- Harold Y. Hwang — American physicist
- Hwang Hee-chan — South Korean football player
- Hwang Hui — 14th-century royal prime minister during the rule of Taejong and Sejong the Great of the Joseon dynasty
- Hwang Hye-youn — South Korean retired badminton player
- Hwang Hyun-hee — South Korean actress and model
- Hwang Ildong, or "D Hwang" — South Korean sculptor and painter
- Hwang In-beom — South Korean football player
- Hwang In-ho — South Korean film director and screenwriter
- Hwang In-shik — South Korean actor and hapkido teacher
- Hwang In-suk — South Korean poet
- Hwang In-sun — South Korean singer and television personality
- Hwang In-young — South Korean actress
- Hwang In-youp — South Korean actor, model and singer
- Hwang Jae-hun – South Korean football player
- Hwang Jae-hwan — South Korean football player
- Hwang Jae-man — South Korean former football player and manager
- Hwang Jang-lee — Japanese-born Korean martial artist and film actor
- Hwang Jang-yop — former North Korean politician and North Korean defector to South Korea
- Hwang Jini — legendary gisaeng of the Joseon dynasty
- Hwang Jin-sung – South Korean football player
- Hwang Jin-woo – South Korean auto racing driver
- Hwang Jung-eum — South Korean actress and singer
- Hwang Jung-eun — South Korean writer and podcaster
- Hwang Jung-min — South Korean actor
- Hwang Jung-oh — South Korean judoka
- Jun-Muk Hwang — South Korean mathematician
- Hwang Jun-seok — South Korean engineer
- Hwang Kwang Hee — South Korean singer
- Hwang Kyo-ahn — South Korean politician and prosecutor, 40th Prime Minister of South Korea
- Hwang Hyo-sook (stage name Lexy) — South Korean singer
- Hwang Min-hyun — South Korean singer
- Serra Miyeun Hwang — Korean-American composer
- Hwang Pyong-so — North Korean general and politician
- Hwang Seung-eon — South Korean actress, model and singer
- Hwang Sok-yong — South Korean author
- Hwang Sun-hong — South Korean football player
- Hwang Sun-hee — South Korean actress
- Hwang Sun-won — South Korean author and defining figure of modern Korean literature
- Hwang Sun-woo — South Korean swimmer
- Hwang Sung-min — South Korean football player
- Tiffany Hwang — Korean-American singer-songwriter, member of girl group Girls' Generation
- Hwang Young-min (known as Tim) – Korean-American singer
- Hwang Ui-jo — South Korean football player
- Hwang Woo-seul-hye — South Korean actress
- Hwang Woo-suk — discredited South Korean biomedical scientist
- Hwang Young-cho — South Korean athlete
- Hwang Young-hee — South Korean actress and model
- Hwang Yu-mi — South Korean badminton player
Fictional characters[edit]
- Hwang Seong-gyeong — a recurring video game character who first appeared in Soul Edge
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Sir Whong and the Golden Pig by Oki S. Han and Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, illustrated by Oki S. Han [in What do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]". 5 March 1997.
- ^ "2000 인구주택총조사 성씨 및 본관 집계결과". 통계청. 인구조사과. Retrieved 9 December 2017.