Seung (Korean name)


Seung, also spelled Sung, is an uncommon Korean surname, a single-syllable Korean given name, and a common element in two-syllable Korean given names. As given name meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 17 hanja with the reading "seung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

As a surname

There are two hanja which may be used to write the surname Seung, each indicating different lineages. The 2000 South Korean census found 3,304 people with these surnames.

More common (承)

The more common Seung surname is written with a hanja meaning "inherit". The 2000 South Korean census found 2,494 people with this family name, and 762 households. The surviving bon-gwan at that time included:
  1. Yeonil: 1,828 people and 568 households They claim descent from Seung Gae, a general under Jeongjong, 10th monarch of Goryeo.
  2. Gwangsan: 643 people and 188 households. This is a different name for the Yeonil Seung clan, claiming descent from the same ancestor.
  3. Yangju: Six people and two households
  4. Other or undistinguished bon-gwan: 17 people and four households
People with this surname include:
The less common Seung surname is written with a hanja meaning "rise". The 2000 South Korean census found 810 people with this family name, and 239 households. The surviving bon-gwan at that time included:

First syllable

People with the single-syllable given name Seung include: