Seong (), also spelled Song or Sung, is an uncommon

Korean family name This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order. The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim (Korean name), Kim (), followed by Lee (Korean name), Lee () and Park (Korean surname), Park (). These three sur ...

Overview

The family name Seong is written with only one hanja character, meaning "succeed" or "accomplish" (). The 2000 South Korean Census found 167,903 people with this family name, up by six percent from 158,385 in the 1985 census. This increase was far smaller than the fifteen percent growth in the overall South Korean population over the same period. They traced their origins to only a single ''

bon-gwan Korean clans are groups of Koreans, Korean people that share the same Patrilineality, paternal ancestor. They are indicated by the combination of a ''bongwan'' () and a family name. Korean clans distinguish clans that happen to share the same fam ...

'',

Changnyeong County Changnyeong County () is a county in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. In the early Three Kingdoms period, Changnyeong was the seat of Bihwa Gaya, a member of the Gaya confederacy which was later conquered by Silla. The Nakdong River flo ...

. This was also the place where they formed the highest concentration of the local population, with 2,360 people (3.61%). In a study by the

National Institute of the Korean Language The National Institute of Korean Language (NIKL; ) is a language regulator of the Korean language based in Seoul, South Korea. It was created on January 23, 1991, by Presidential Decree No. 13163 (November 14, 1990). It has previously gone by a ...

based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 67.4% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Sung in their passports. The Revised Romanisation spelling Seong was in second place at 29.4%. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 3.2%) included Seung, Shung, and the

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spelling Seng.

Government and politics

Sŏng Sammun Sŏng Sammun (; 1418 – 8 June 1456) was a scholar-official of the early Joseon period who rose to prominence in the court of King Sejong the Great (r. 1418–1450). He was executed after being implicated in a plot to dethrone Sejo of Joseon, K ...

(1418–1456), Joseon Dynasty official * Sŏng Sŭng (died 1456), Joseon Dynasty official *

Sŏng Hŭian Sŏng Hŭian (; January 1461 – July 1513) was a Korean Joseon politician and Neo-Confucianism philosopher who served as Chief State Councillor during the reign of King Jungjong in 1513 until his death. He was one of the merit subjects that led ...

(1461–1513), Joseon Dynasty official *

Seong Hon Seong Hon (; 25 June 1535 – 6 June 1598) was a Korean philosopher, poet, and politician during the Joseon Joseon ( ; ; also romanized as ''Chosun''), officially Great Joseon (), was a dynastic kingdom of Korea that existed for 505 years. ...

(1535–1598), Joseon Dynasty official * Ui-bin Seong (1753–1786), Joseon Dynasty concubine * Sung Jusik (1891–1956), Korean independence activist, later a North Korean politician *

Seong Hye-rang Seong Hye-rang (; born 1937) is a North Korean defector and author. Early life Her father was a wealthy South Korean landowner who moved to the North for political reasons, while her mother was an editor of the official North Korean newspaper '' ...

(born 1935), North Korean defector * Sung Yun-mo (born 1963), South Korean politician * Sung Jae-gi (1967–2013), South Korean activist

Popular culture

Sung Dong-il Sung Dong-il (; born April 27, 1967) is a South Korean actor. Sung made his acting debut in theater in 1987, then was recruited at the 1991 Seoul Broadcasting System, SBS open talent auditions. He rose to fame as the comic, Jeolla dialect-speak ...

(born 1964), South Korean actor *

Sung Han-bin Sung Han-bin (; born June 13, 2001) is a South Korean singer and dancer. He is best known for competing on the Mnet reality competition show '' Boys Planet'', where he ranked second in the final episode, making him a member of Zerobaseone. Ear ...

(born 2001), South Korean singer and dancer, member of boy group Zerobaseone *

Sung Hoon (singer, born 1980) Sung Hoon (, born August 29, 1980) is a South Korean singer and member of Brown Eyed Soul, signed under in Next Music. He released his debut solo album, ''Lyrics Within My Story'', on September 22, 2011. Discography Studio albums Singles ...

, South Korean singer *

Song Hye-rim Song Hye-rim (; 24 January 1939 18 May 2002) was a North Korean actress, best known for being the one-time favored mistress of Kim Jong Il. Early life and education Song was born in Changnyeong, Keishōnan Province, Korea under Japanese rule, K ...

(1937–2002), North Korean actress and mistress of Kim Jong-il *

Sung Hyun-ah Sung Hyun-ah (; born July 23, 1975) is a South Korean actress and beauty pageant titleholder who placed 2nd runner-up at Miss Korea 1994. Biography Sung Hyun-ah placed second runner-up (or third place) at the Miss Korea pageant in 1994. She w ...

(born 1975), South Korean actress *

Sung Ji-ru Sung Ji-ru (born October 16, 1968) is a South Korean actor. Filmography Film Television series Awards and nominations References External links * * * 1968 births Living people People from Gongju Male actors from ...

(born 1968), South Korean actor *

Sung Si-kyung Sung Si-kyung (; born April 17, 1979) is a South Korean singer, entertainer and television host. He debuted in 2001 and has released eight studio albums in Korean and two studio albums in Japanese. He has also hosted and appeared on numerous So ...

(born 1979), South Korean ballad singer *

Sung Yu-bin Sung Yoo-bin (born 25 July 2000) is a South Korean actor. Filmography Film Television series Web series Awards and nominations References External links * * * 2000 births Living people Male actors from Seoul ...

(born 2000), South Korean actor *

Sung Yu-ri Sung Yu-ri (; born March 3, 1981) is a South Korean actress and singer. She made her entertainment debut in 1998 as a member of the now-defunct K-pop group Fin.K.L. Sung turned to acting in 2002, starring in television dramas such as '' Thous ...

(born 1981), South Korean pop singer

Sport

Sung Nak-woon Sung Nak-Woon (, 2 February 1926 – 28 May 1997) was a South Korean football forward who played for the South Korea in the 1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the 5th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial internation ...

(1923–1986), South Korean football forward *

Seong Nak-gun Seong Nak-gun (born 26 February 1962) is a South Korean sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Seong attended Busan Sports High School ( 부산체육고등학교) and was active in track and fie ...

(born 1962), South Korean sprinter *

Sung Han-kook Sung Han-kook (; born November 19, 1963) is a former badminton player and coach from South Korea. Career Sung won the men's singles title at the 1986 U.S. Open and earlier that year, he won bronze at the 1986 Asian Games as well as men's tea ...

(born 1963), South Korean badminton player * Sung Jung-a (born 1965), South Korean basketball player * Sung Kyung-hwa (born 1965), South Korean handball player * Sung Hee-jun (born 1974), South Korean long jumper * Sung Han-soo (born 1976), South Korean football forward (K League 1) * Sung Jong-hyun (born 1979), South Korean football defender (K League 1, China League One) * Sung Kyung-mo (born 1980), South Korean football goalkeeper (K League 1) *

Sung Min (swimmer) Sung Min (also Seong Min, ; born October 15, 1982) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and backstroke events. He represented South Korea in three editions of the Olympic Games (2000 to 2008), and held multiple national ...

(born 1982), South Korean swimmer * Sung Hyun-ah (footballer) (born 1982), South Korean football forward * Seong Kyung-il (born 1983), South Korean football goalkeeper (K League 1) * Sung Si-bak (born 1987), South Korean short track speed skater * Seong Se-hyeon (born 1990), South Korean curler *

Sung Ji-hyun Sung Ji-hyun (; born 29 July 1991) is a South Korean badminton player from Seoul. She is an Badminton Asia Championships, Asian Championship gold medalist, a two-time Badminton at the Summer Universiade, Summer Universiade gold medalist, and a ...

(born 1991), South Korean badminton player * Sung Eun-ryung (born 1992), South Korean luger *

Seong Ji-hoon Seong Ji-hoon (born August 4, 1997, as Seong Yu-jin in Cheongju) is a Koreans, South Korean curling, curler from Gangwon Province, South Korea, Gangwon Province. He is currently the alternate on the Gangwon Provincial Office curling team skipped ...

(born 1997), South Korean curler * Seong Eun-jeong (born 1999), South Korean professional golfer *

Sung Nak-so Sung Nak-so is a female former international table tennis player from South Korea. Table tennis career She won a silver medal in the Corbillon Cup (women's Team event) at the 1975 World Table Tennis Championships with Chung Hyun-sook, Lee Ailesa ...

, South Korean table tennis player

Other

* Seong Changyeong (1930–2013), South Korean poet * Seong Baek-in (born 1933), South Korean Tungusologist * Dan Keun Sung (born 1952), South Korean electronic engineer * Wonyong Sung (born ), South Korean professor of electronic and information engineering * Jung Mo Sung (born 1957), South Korean-born Brazilian theologian * Doris Sung (born 1964), American educator of Korean descent * Seung-Yong Seong (born 1965), South Korean immunologist * Kiwan Sung (born 1967), South Korean poet * Hugh Sung (born 1968), American classical pianist of Korean descent * Shi-Yeon Sung (born 1975), South Korean classical conductor * Steve Sung (born 1985), South Korean poker player * Mikyung Sung (born 1993), South Korean double bass player * Lea Seong, South Korean fashion designer

Fictional characters

*Seong Chun-hyang, the title character of the folk tale ''

Chunhyangjeon ''Chunhyangjeon'' (; lit. ''The Story of Chunhyang or'' ''The Tale of Chunhyang'') is one of the best known love stories and folk tales of Korea. It is based on the pansori ''Chunhyangga'', the most famous of the five surviving pansori tales. Wil ...

'' * Seong Mi-na, in Japanese fighting game series ''Soul Caliber'' *Sung Jinwoo, protagonist of the South Korean light novel and manhwa, '' Solo Leveling'' * Seong Gi-hun, the main character of the television series ''

Squid Game ''Squid Game'' () is a South Korean Utopian and dystopian fiction, dystopian Survival film, survival Thriller (genre)#Television, thriller horror television series created, written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix. The series revol ...

'' *Seong Taehoon, the main supporting character of the manhwa '' How To Fight''

References

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