Kang is a
Korean family name. All together, the holders of this name number are 1,176,847 in
South Korea, according to the 2015 national census, ranking 6th largest Korean family name.[1] While the name "Kang" can actually represent 5 different
hanja, or Chinese characters, the great majority (more than 1 million) bear the surname 姜.[1] The Chinese surname
Jiāng also shares the same 姜 character.
Clans
Clans whose surname uses the Hanja character 姜 include the clans of Jinju and Geumcheon seat. The majority belong to the Jinju Kang clan (
ko) (진주 강씨; 晉州 姜氏) is said to be descended from
Goguryeo commander
Kang I-sik. The Geumcheon Kang clan (
ko) (금천 강씨; 衿川 姜氏) is descended from an ancestor whose ancestral seat was
Geumcheon, now part of
Seoul.
Clans whose surname uses the Hanja character 康 include Sincheon (
ko) and Yeonggang (
ko). The
Sincheon Kang clan is further subdivided into Goksan (
ko) (곡산 강씨; 谷山 康氏) and Jaeryeong (재령 강씨; 載寧 康氏).
Notable individuals
Historic
Kang I-sik, Lord General and Military Official of the Kingdom of
Goguryeo.
Gang Hui-an (1417?-1464), a prominent and painter of the early
Choson period
Gang Se-hwang (1713–1791), a mayor of Hansung (now the capital city of Seoul), high government official and the Royal Representative Artist and Calligrapher in the mid-Choson dynasty.
Kang Nung-su, North Korean literary critic and politician
Kang Ryang-uk, North Korean politician and a North Korean Protestant Minister and Chairman of the Christian Federation of Korea, deputy prime minister of North Korea and secretary of the Supreme People's Assembly
This page lists people with the
surnameKang. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.
Kang is a
Korean family name. All together, the holders of this name number are 1,176,847 in
South Korea, according to the 2015 national census, ranking 6th largest Korean family name.[1] While the name "Kang" can actually represent 5 different
hanja, or Chinese characters, the great majority (more than 1 million) bear the surname 姜.[1] The Chinese surname
Jiāng also shares the same 姜 character.
Clans
Clans whose surname uses the Hanja character 姜 include the clans of Jinju and Geumcheon seat. The majority belong to the Jinju Kang clan (
ko) (진주 강씨; 晉州 姜氏) is said to be descended from
Goguryeo commander
Kang I-sik. The Geumcheon Kang clan (
ko) (금천 강씨; 衿川 姜氏) is descended from an ancestor whose ancestral seat was
Geumcheon, now part of
Seoul.
Clans whose surname uses the Hanja character 康 include Sincheon (
ko) and Yeonggang (
ko). The
Sincheon Kang clan is further subdivided into Goksan (
ko) (곡산 강씨; 谷山 康氏) and Jaeryeong (재령 강씨; 載寧 康氏).
Notable individuals
Historic
Kang I-sik, Lord General and Military Official of the Kingdom of
Goguryeo.
Gang Hui-an (1417?-1464), a prominent and painter of the early
Choson period
Gang Se-hwang (1713–1791), a mayor of Hansung (now the capital city of Seoul), high government official and the Royal Representative Artist and Calligrapher in the mid-Choson dynasty.
Kang Nung-su, North Korean literary critic and politician
Kang Ryang-uk, North Korean politician and a North Korean Protestant Minister and Chairman of the Christian Federation of Korea, deputy prime minister of North Korea and secretary of the Supreme People's Assembly
This page lists people with the
surnameKang. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.