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==Notable people== ==Notable people==
* ] — South Korean football player * ] (born 2001), South Korean football player
* ] — South Korean actress * ] (born 1983), South Korean actress
* ] — South Korean actress and model * ], South Korean writer
* ] — South Korean football player * ] (born 1999), South Korean actress and model
* ] — South Korean wrestler * ] (born 1994), South Korean football player
* ] — South Korean skier * ] (1919–1952), South Korean wrestler
* ] — South Korean musician * ] (born 1960), South Korean skier
* ] — South Korean poet * ] (born ), South Korean musician
* ] — South Korean singer and actor, member of boy band ] * ] (1936–2018), South Korean poet
* ] — South Korean singer * ] (born 1990), South Korean singer and actor, member of boy band 2PM
* ] — South Korean short track speed skater * ] (born 1982), South Korean singer
⚫ * ] (born 1999), South Korean short track speed skater
* ] — American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and theater professor
* ] – American-born South Korean graphic artist * ] (born 1957), American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and theater professor
* ] (born {{circa|1978}}), American-born South Korean graphic artist
* ] – South Korean director, screenwriter and producer
* ] (stage name SinB) — South Korean singer, member of girl group ] * ] (born 1971), South Korean director, screenwriter and producer
* ] — South Korean actress * ] (born Hwang Eun-bi, 1998), South Korean singer, member of girl group Viviz
* ] — American physicist * ] (born 1977), South Korean actress
* ] (born 1970), American physicist
⚫ * ] — South Korean football player
⚫ * ] (born 1996), South Korean football player
* ] — 14th-century royal prime minister during the rule of ] and ] of the ]
* ] (1363–1452), politician of the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties
⚫ * ] — South Korean retired badminton player
* ] — South Korean actress and model * ] (born 1985), South Korean retired badminton player
* Hwang Ildong, or "]" — South Korean sculptor and painter * ] (born 1988), South Korean actress and model
* ] — South Korean football player * ] (born 2000), South Korean rapper, singer, dancer, and member of boy band Stray Kids
* ] — South Korean film director and screenwriter * ] (born Hwang Ildong, 1969) South Korean sculptor and painter
* ] — South Korean actor and hapkido teacher * ] (born 1996), South Korean football player
* ] — South Korean poet * ], South Korean film director and screenwriter
* ] — South Korean singer and television personality * ] (born 1940), South Korean actor and hapkido teacher
* ] — South Korean actress * ] (born 1958), South Korean poet
* ] — South Korean actor, model and singer * ] (born 1987), South Korean singer and television personality
* ] – South Korean football player * ] (born 1978), South Korean actress
* ] — South Korean football player * ] (born 1991), South Korean actor, model and singer
* ] — South Korean former football player and manager * ], South Korean football player
* ] — Japanese-born Korean martial artist and film actor * ] (born 2001), South Korean football player
* ] — former North Korean politician and ] to South Korea * ] (1953–2010), South Korean former football player and manager
* ] — legendary ] of the ] * ] (born 1944), Japanese-born Korean martial artist and film actor
* ] – South Korean football player * ] (1923–2010), North Korean politician and defector
* ] – South Korean auto racing driver * ] (1506–1567), kisaeng of the Joseon dynasty
* ] — South Korean actress and singer * ] (born 1984), South Korean football player
* ] — South Korean writer and podcaster * ] (born 1983), South Korean auto racing driver
* ] — South Korean actor * ] (born 1984), South Korean actress and singer
* ] — South Korean judoka * ] (born 1976), South Korean writer and podcaster
* ] — South Korean mathematician * ] (born 1970), South Korean actor
* ] — South Korean engineer * ] (born 1958), South Korean judoka
* ] — South Korean singer * ] (born 1963), South Korean mathematician
* ] — South Korean politician and prosecutor, 40th ] * ], South Korean engineer
* ] (stage name Lexy) — South Korean singer * ] (born 1988), South Korean singer
* ] — South Korean singer * ] (born 1957), South Korean politician and prosecutor
* ] (born Hwang Hyo-sook, 1979), South Korean singer
* ] — Korean-American composer
* ] — North Korean general and politician * ] (born 1995), South Korean singer
* ] — South Korean actress, model and singer * ] (born 2005), South Korean actor best known for his appearance in the music video for ]
* ] — South Korean author * ] (born 1962), Korean-American composer
* ] — South Korean football player * ] (born {{circa|1946}}), North Korean general and politician
* ] — South Korean actress * ] (born 1988), South Korean actress, model and singer
* ] — South Korean author and defining figure of modern ] * ] (born 1943), South Korean author
* ] — South Korean swimmer * ] (born 1968), South Korean football player
* ] — South Korean football player * ] (born 1986), South Korean actress
⚫ * ] (1915–2000), South Korean author
⚫ * ] — Korean-American singer-songwriter, member of girl group ]
* ] (known as Tim) – Korean-American singer * ] (born 2003), South Korean swimmer
* ] — South Korean football player * ] (born 1991), South Korean football player
⚫ * ] (born Stephanie Young Hwang, 1989), Korean-American singer-songwriter, member of girl group Girls' Generation
⚫ * ] — South Korean actress
* ] (born Hwang Young-min, 1981), Korean-American singer
⚫ * ] — discredited South Korean biomedical scientist
* ] — South Korean athlete * ] (born 1992), South Korean football player
* ] — South Korean actress and model * ] (born 1979), South Korean actress
* ] — South Korean badminton player * ] (born 1953), South Korean veterinarian and researcher
* ] (born 1970), South Korean athlete
⚫ * ] (born 1969), South Korean actress and model
* ] (born 1983), South Korean former badminton player


===Fictional characters=== ===Fictional characters===
* ] — a recurring video game character who first appeared in '']'' * ], a video game character who first appeared in '']''


==See also== ==See also==

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Hwang
Hangul황
Hanja黃
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Hwang or Whang (or in some cases, Whong) 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

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Main article: Bon-gwan

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,本貫). Each bon-gwan in Korea originates from the clan progenitor's settlement, which can be explained as the traditional home of the family clan's first male ancestor. Typically in Korea, a last name includes many distinct bon-gwans, which leads to the last name becoming a broad umbrella designation that involves numerous family clans. Therefore, individuals with Korean descent may be completely unrelated even if their last names are identical, depending on their family clan, or bon-gwan. In the Korean language, Bon-gwans are expressed before the family name when necessary and often involves the family progenitor's first settlement as the name of the bon-gwan. The last name is referred to as the Ssi (씨-氏) in Korean. This arranges every Korean family clan name as bon-gwan ssi, or in other words, family clan - last name.

History

The Korean Hwang surname originates from a Chinese Han dynasty's diplomatic ambassador to Vietnam, named Hwang Rak (황락,黃洛). Hwang Rak is recorded in AD 28 as having become lost at sea during a voyage from China to Vietnam, and instead having arrived in Korea during the Silla dynasty. Hwang Rak arrived at a place in Korea called Pyeong-Hae (평해,平海), located in the Eastern province of GyeongSang-BukDo, as currently known in South Korea. Upon settling in Pyeong-Hae, Hwang Rak naturalized as a Silla citizen and became the first progenitor of the last name Hwang (황) in Korea. His grave is located at GulMi-Bong (봉, 峰, peak), 423-8 BunJi, Wolsong-Ri, PyeongHae-Eub, WolJin-Kun, KyeongSang-BukDo, Republic of Korea, but only the altar of the grave remains as a marker.

Before his death, Hwang-Rak had three sons named Gab-Go (갑고,甲古), Eul-Go (을고,乙古), and Byung-Go (병고,丙古), from eldest to youngest. Gab-Go, the oldest son, is recorded as having remained in Pyeong-Hae, continuing the main Pyeong-Hae family clan. The second son, Eul-Go, is said to have left home Westwards and eventually settled in Jang-Su, becoming the first progenitor of the Jang-Su Hwang family clan. The third and youngest son, Byung-Go, is said to have settled in Chang-Won, becoming the first progenitor of the Chang-Won Hwang family clan. These migrations of the two sons have resulted in the three major Bon-gwans being created under the Hwang family name.

Notable clans

All figures are from the 2000 South Korean census.

To this day, the three primary branches of the Hwang family are the Chang-Won (창원황씨,昌原黃氏), Jang-Su (장수황씨,張水黃氏), and Pyeonghae (평해황씨,平海黃氏) clans, with the largest member counts of the 55 Hwang clans.

Notable people

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. "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.
  2. "2000 인구주택총조사 성씨 및 본관 집계결과". 통계청. 인구조사과. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
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