- Seok
Infobox Korean name
hangul=석
hanja=石 "also" 昔
rr=Seok
mr=SǒkSeok is a Korean family name, held by about 56,500
South Korea ns and many others in North Korea and around the world. It can represent two differenthanja names, 石 meaning "stone," or 昔 meaning "ancient."The 石 name is the most widespread of the two. The
2000 South Korean census found 46,066 people by this name. [http://kosis.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi?ID=DT_1INOOSB&IDTYPE=3] Of these, the great majority are members of theChungju (also called Hongju) Seok clan.The less common name 昔 had a 2000 South Korean population of 9,544. The great majority of these Seoks are members of the
Gyeongju Seok clan, which claims descent from certain of the early rulers ofSilla . The first Gyeongju Seok to sit on the throne was the fourth Silla king, Talhae.ee also
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*List of Korean family names
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