Park (Korean surname)
Korean family name (박) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Bak (surname)" redirects here. For the Polish surname, see Bąk (surname).
Park (Korean: 박, Korean pronunciation: [pak̚]), also spelled as Pak or Bak is the third-most common surname in Korea,[1] traditionally traced back to 1st century King Hyeokgeose Park and theoretically inclusive of all of his descendants. Park or Bak is usually assumed to come from the Korean noun Bak (박), meaning "gourd".[2] As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 4,192,074 people with the name in South Korea, or roughly 8.4% of the population.[1]
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