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With 11,028,664 bearers, Kim is the 1st most common surname in South Korea (2014 Data).
Source: https://forebears.io/surnames/kim
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Source: https://forebears.io/surnames/kim
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Kim is the third most common last name in Hawaii, and the most common surname in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
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Kim Ji-soo from Black Pink. She is a singer and an actress.
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Chloe Kim is an American snowboarder. She was the youngest Olympian gold medalist when participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics at age 17.
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Moreover, 4 famous people with this surname are Kim Junmyeon, Kim Minseok, Kim Jongin, and Kim Jongdae from the boyband Exo, give them a listen.
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3 famous bearers of this name are Kim Namjoon, Kim Seokjin and Kim Taehyung of the South Korean boyband BTS.
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I'm not quite sure where 김 came from, unfortunately, but 금 is the character that means gold in Korean, and it's a different syllable entirely. Did it become 김 over time? I couldn't say, because I don't have the documentation to prove it one way or the other.
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Young-gun (영건) Kim (김), b. 1984, is a South Korean Paralympic table-tennis player who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.
Jung-gil (정길) Kim (김), b. 1986, is a South Korean Paralympic table-tennis player who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.
Gi-tae (기태) Kim (김), b. 1998, is a South Korean Paralympic table-tennis player who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.
Seong-ok (성옥) Kim (김), b. 1967, is a South Korean Paralympic table-tennis player who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.
Sejeong Kim is a South Korean Paralympic rower who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.
Hee-jin Kim (b. 1994) is a South Korean Paralympic goalball player who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.
Eun-ji Kim (b. 1991) is a South Korean Paralympic goalball player who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.
Doh-yun Kim is a South Korean Paralympic boccia player who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.
Jung-jun (정준) Kim (김), b. 1978, is a South Korean Paralympic badminton player who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.
Ok-geum Kim is a South Korean Paralympic archer who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.