Hangul: | 승 |
Hanja: | Surname Given name |
Rr: | Seung |
Mr: | Sŭng |
Koreanipa: | [sɯŋ] |
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 a given name, its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 17 hanja with the reading Korean: seung on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
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.[1]
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.[1] The surviving bon-gwan (origin of a clan lineage, not necessarily the actual residence of the clan members) at that time included:
1,828 people and 568 households.[1] They claim descent from Seung Gae (Korean: 承愷), a general under Jeongjong, 10th monarch of Goryeo.[2] [3]
643 people and 188 households.[1] This is a different name for the Yeonil Seung clan, claiming descent from the same ancestor.[2]
Six people and two households.[1]
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.[1] The surviving bon-gwan at that time included:
613 people and 183 households[1]
134 people and 39 households[1]
20 people and five households[1]
14 people and three households[1]
Six people and three households[1]
Article 44 of South Korea's gives the Supreme Court the power to define the list of hanja permitted for use in given names. Under the Supreme Court's regulations, that list consists of the Basic Hanja for educational use and a list of additional hanja permitted for use in given names. Among those hanja, there are 17 with the reading Korean: seung, plus one variant form:[4]
People with the single-syllable given name Seung include: