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Kim
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Faimily name
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Pronunciation
| Gim, Kim
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Meanin
| gowd
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Region o origin
| Korea
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Leid(s) o origin
| Korean
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Kim
, sometimes spelled
Gim
, is the maist common
family name
in
Korea
. The
hanja
uised fur the name (金) means "
gowd
," an, awthough the character is uisually pronooncit 金
[k?m]
geum
, it is pronooncit 金
[kim]
gim
whan uised fur the faimily name an names o some ceeties, e.g.
Gimhae
(金海, 金海) an
Gimpo
(金浦, 金浦). The surname is uised in
Cheenae
(as
Jin
) alang wi
Cambodie
an
Vietnam
, awthough it is less common in Vietnam.
As wi maist ither Korean faimily names, there is mony Kim clans, kent in Korean as
bon-gwan
(本館, 本貫), ilkane o whilk consists o individual Kim faimilies. Maist Kims belang ane o a few verra lairge clans. Even athin ilka clan, fowk in different faimilies isnae sib tae ilk anither. Thir distinctions is important, acause Korean law uised tae prohibit intermarriage in the same clan, nae maiter hou remote the relationship; thir days, housomeivver, anerlie thaim in a relationship o seicont cousins or closer is prohibitit frae marryin.
As wi ither Korean faimily names, the Kim clans is distinguisht bi the place frae whi they claim tae oreeginate. A vera lairge nummer o distinct Kim clans exists, besides thaim leetit here. The 2000 Sooth Korean census leetit 348 extant Kim lineages.
2000 姓氏 本貫別 家具 및 人口 (measured every 15 years)
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