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Personal and Family Names

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Korean surnames in
Romanization/Cyrillization

	Korean (RR)			Russian (BGN)		English Spelling
	안	安	An	Ан	An	Ahn
	배	裵	Bae	Бя Пягай	Bya Pyagay	Pae
	백	白	Baek	Пэк Пяк	P∙ek Pyak	Baik Paek
	박	朴	Bak	Пак	Pak	Park
	반	潘	Ban	Пан	Pan	Pahn
	방	方 房	Bang	Пан	Pan	Pang Phang
	부	夫 傅	Bu	Пу Пугай	Pu Pugay	Booh Pooh
	변	卞 邊	Byeon	Пён	Pyon	Pyoun
	차	車	Cha	Ча Чагай	Cha Chagay	Char Tchah
	채	蔡	Chae	Цай	Tsay	Chai
	천	千	Cheon	Чен	Chen	Choun
	최	崔	Choe	Цой Цхай Цхой	Tsoy Tskhay Tskhoy	Choi Chey Choy
	엄	嚴	Eom	Эм	Em	Oum
	강	姜 康 强 彊 剛	Gang	Кан	Kan	Kang
	김	金	Gim	Ким	Kim	Kim
	고	高	Go	Ко Когай	Ko Kogay	Koh
	구	具	Gu	Ку	Ku	Koo
	곽	郭	Gwak	Квак	Kvak	Kwak
	권	權	Gwon	Кван Квон	Kvan Kvon	Kwon
	한	韓	Han	Хан	Khan	Hahn
	허	許	Heo	Хе Хегай	Khe Khegay	Huh Hur
	홍	洪	Hong	Хон	Khon	Houng
	황	黃	Hwang	Хван	Khvan	Hwang
	현	玄	Hyeon	Хён	Khyon	Hyoun
	이 리	李	I Ri	И Ли Лигай Ни Нигай	I Li Ligay Ni Nigay	Lee Yi Rhee
	임 림	林	Im Rim	Им Лим	Im Lim	Yim Rhim
	인	印	In	Ин	In	Yin
	장	張	Jang	Тян Чан	Tyan Chan	Chang Jang
	전	全 田	Jeon	Тен	Ten	Jun Chun
	정	鄭 丁	Jeong	Тен Чжен	Ten Chzhen	Chung Tseung
	지	池 智	Ji	Ти Тигай	Ti Tigay	Chi Jee
	진	陳	Jin	Чен	Chen	Chin
	조	趙 曺	Jo	Дё Тё	Dyo Tyo	Cho
	주	朱 周	Ju	Дю Дюгай Дзю Тюгай Цзю	Dyu Dyugay Dzyu Tyugay Tszyu	Chu
	마	馬 麻	Ma	Ма Магай	Ma Magay	Mar Mha
	맹	孟	Maeng	Мян	Myan	Maeing
	민	閔	Min	Мин	Min	Mhin
	문	門 文	Mun	Мун	Mun	Moon
	명	明	Myeong	Мён	Myon	Myoung
	나 라	羅	Na Ra	На Ра	Na Ra	La Rha
	남	南	Nam	Нам	Nam	Nahm
	노 로	盧 魯 路	No Ro	Но Ногай Ро	No Nogay Ro	Nho Noh Rho
	오	伍 吳	O	О Огай	O Ogay	Au Oe
	유	兪 劉	Yu	Ю Югай	Yu Yugay	Yoo You
	류	柳	Ryu	Ю Югай, Люгай	Yu Yugay, Lyugay	Ryoo Ryou
	서	徐	Seo	Ше Шегай	She Shegay	So Sur
	석	石 昔	Seok	Шек	Shek	Suk
	설	薛 偰	Seol	Шер	Sher	Sol Sull
	성	成	Seong	Сен	Sen	Song
	심	沈	Sim	Сим Шим	Sim Shim	Seem Sheem
	신	申 辛 愼	Sin	Син Шин	Sin Shin	Seen Sheen
	손	孫	Son	Сон	Son	Sohn
	송	宋	Song	Сон	Son	Sung
	태	太	Tae	Тхай Тхя	Tkhay Tkhya	Tai Tay
	우	禹	U	У Угай	U Ugay	Woo Ou
	왕	王	Wang	Ван	Van	Wang
	원	元	Won	Вон	Von	Woon
	양 량	梁	Yang Ryang	Лян Рян Ян	Lyan Ryan Yan	Lyang Ryang Yaung
	여 려	余 呂 汝	Yeo Ryeo	Ё Ёгай	Yo Yogay	Yu Yo Yea
	염 렴	廉	Yeom Ryeom	Ём Лём	Yom Lyom	Yeoum
	연 련	延 燕 連	Yeon Ryeon	Ён	Yon	Yeoun
	윤	尹	Yun	Юн	Yun	Yoon

See also: List of Korean family names and Cyrillization of Korean

Many Korean surnames, when Cyrillized, are spelled and pronounced slightly differently from the romanisations used in the U.S. and the resulting common pronunciations, as can be seen in the table at right. Some surnames of Koryo-saram have a particle "gai" added to them, such as Kogai or Nogai. The origin of this is unclear. The introduction of international passports by newly independent CIS countries, resulted in further differences in pronunciation as Korean surnames had to be transliterated from Cyrillic into Latin. In addition to a surname, Koreans also use clan names (known as Bon-gwan in Korea and pronounced as пой among koryo saram) denoting the place of origin.

Korean naming practises and Russian naming practises conflict in several important ways; Koryo-saram have resolved each of these conflicts in a different way, in some cases favouring Russian patterns, in others, Korean patterns.