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Distribution
Approximately 21% of ethnic Koreans have the family name Kim.
A common ancestor
In ancient historical records, a Xiongnu prince named Kim Iljae was mentioned. The Xiongnu ( Turkish: Doğu Hun were a confederation of nomadic tribes from Central Asia with a ruling class of unknown origin and other subjugated tribes Jin Midi or Kim Iljae (134 BC-86 BC ( Traditional Chinese: 金日磾/ Hangul: 김일제/ Revised Romanization: Kim Iljae Courtesy name This was a man who had gone from royalty, to a slave, and then to an official in the Han court. The Han Dynasty ( 206 BC–220 AD followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. Kim Iljae's presence within the Han court was vast and very high in rank by the time of Han Wudi's death. Background birth and years as crown prince Emperor Wu was the tenth child of Emperor Jing, and was born to one of Emperor Jing's favorite Concubines, Kim Iljae's descendants later fled Han China and escaped into the Korean Peninsula to the Silla Kingdom, and some went even further down to establish the Gaya Confederacy. Physical geography See also Geography of North Korea, Geography of South Korea Mountains cover 70 percent of the Korean Peninsula and arable plains are Silla (57 BC – 935 AD was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Gaya was a confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan
Clans
As with most other Korean family names, there are many Kim clans, known in Korean as bon-gwan, each of which consists of individual Kim families. A bon-gwan is the place of origin of a clan in Korea which is used to distinguish clans that happen to share a same Family name (clan name Most Kims belong to one of a few very large clans. Even within each clan, people in different families are not related to each other. These distinctions are important, since Korean law used to prohibit intermarriage in the same clan, no matter how remote the relationship; now, however, only those in a relationship of second cousins or closer may not marry.
As with other Korean family names, the Kim clans are distinguished by the place from which they claim to originate. A very large number of distinct Kim clans exist, besides those listed here. The 2000 South Korean census listed 348 extant Kim lineages. [1]
Gimhae
According to a story recorded only in the Samguk Yusa, in 48 CE, Princess Heo Hwang-ok made an epic journey from a country called "Ayuda" to Korea, where she married King Suro of Geumgwan Gaya and gave birth to 10 children, thus starting the Kim dynasty of Geumgwan Gaya, the capital of which was in present-day Goryeong County. Samguk Yusa, or Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms, is a collection of legends folktales and historical accounts relating to the Three Kingdoms of Korea ( Goguryeo Suro, or Sureung (수릉 首陵 (r 42 - 199 was the legendary founder and king of the state of Geumgwan Gaya in southeastern Korea. Geumgwan Gaya (43 - 532 or " Crown Gaya" also known as Bon-Gaya (본가야 本伽倻 "origin Gaya" or Garakguk (가락국 "Garak Goryeong County ( Goryeong-gun) is a county in North Gyeongsang Province South Korea. The country of Ayuda is often identified with Ayodhya in India. Ayodhya (अयोध्या IAST Ayodhyā) is an ancient city of India, the old capital of Awadh, in the Faizabad district India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country [1]
Famous ancient members of this clan, aside from the kings of Geumgwan Gaya, include the Silla general Kim Yu-shin. Silla (57 BC – 935 AD was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Kim Yusin (595-673 was a General in 7th-century Silla. He led the unification of the Korean peninsula by Silla under the reign of King In the Unified Silla period, members of the Gimhae Kim family were admitted to all but the highest level of the Silla bone rank system. Unified Silla ( 668 CE - 935 CE or Later Silla is the name often applied to the kingdom of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of The bone rank system was the system of aristocratic rank used in the ancient Korean kingdom of Silla.
This clan is by far the most populous of all Korean clans. The 2000 South Korean census found it to contain more than four million people.
Gyeongju
The Gyeongju Kims trace their descent from the ruling family of Silla. Gyeongju is an administrative division of South Korea and one of the most popular tourist destinations in South Korea Silla (57 BC – 935 AD was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. The founder of this clan is said to have been Kim Alji, an orphan adopted by King Talhae of Silla in the first century CE. Kim Alji (김알지 金閼智 was a historical figure in Korean history. Talhae of Silla (?-80 r 57-80 was the fourth king of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Alji's seventh-generation descendant was the first member of the clan to take the throne, as King Michu of Silla in the year 262. Michu of Silla was the thirteenth ruler of the Korean state of Silla (262-284
This clan is also extremely populous. In the South Korean census of 2000, more than 1. 7 million citizens claimed to be Gyeongju Kims.
Hamchang
The Hamchang Kims trace their origin to the founder of the little-known Gaya state of Goryeong Gaya. Hamchang is an eup in Sangju City North Gyeongsang province South Korea. Gaya was a confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan Goryeong Gaya was one of the lesser chiefdoms of the Gaya confederacy during the Korean Three Kingdoms period His alleged tomb, rediscovered in the 16th century, is still preserved by the modern-day members of the clan. This clan numbered only 26,300 members in the 2000 South Korean census.
Notable people
Given the prevalence of the family name Kim, a great number of people share this surname. Kim is a common family name among ethnic Koreans Approximately 21% of ethnic Koreans are named Kim
Notes
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See also
References
Storey, Robert. This article is about the traditional culture of Korea. For the modern culture see Culture of North Korea and Culture of South Korea A Korean name consists of a Family name followed by a Given name, as used by the Korean people in both North Korea and South Korea This is a list of articles on Korea -related people places things and concepts This is a list of Korean family names, in Hangul alphabetical order Lonely Planet: Korea. Lonely Planet Publications: Melbourne, Aus. 2001.
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