Suwon Baek clan

Suwon Baek clan
Country	Korea
Current region	Suwon
Founder	Baek Wu Kyung [ja]
Connected members	Baek Jong-won Baek Jin-hee Baek Ji-heon Baek A-yeon Yerin Baek Baek Ji-young Baek Sung-hyun

The Suwon Baek clan (Korean: 수원 백씨; Hanja: 水原 白氏) is a Korean clan. It is from Suwon, Gyeonggi Province. According to research conducted in 2015, the number of members of the clan was 354,428. Their founder was Baek Wu Kyung [ja], who came to Korea during the Silla period and took a government post. Baek Wu Kyung was a descendant of Bai Yibing (白乙丙), a general of Qin state during Duke Mu’s reign who was descended of Zi clan. His hometown was Hua Prefecture, Shaanxi.[1][2]

See also

• Korean clan names of foreign origin

References

1. Academy of Korean Studies 수원 백씨 水原白氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
2. Jin Guanglin [in Japanese] (2014). "A Comparison of the Korean and Japanese Approaches to Foreign Family Names" (PDF). Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia. 5: 19 – via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.

External links

• Doosan Encyclopedia 외래귀화성씨 外來歸化姓氏. Doosan Encyclopedia.