Um (Korean surname)

Um
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationEom
McCune–ReischauerŎm

Um (Korean), also spelled as Uhm, Eom, Eum, Ohm or Om, is a relatively uncommon surname in Korea. It is written using the same character as the Chinese surname, Yan (嚴). It has only one clan, the Yeongwol Eom clan, based in Yeongwol, Gangwon Province.[1] According to the 2015 census in South Korea, there were 144,425 people carrying the Eom surname.[2][3]

  1. ^ "성씨의 고향(10)영월 엄씨". 중앙일보 (in Korean). 19 March 1982. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. ^ "2015년 인구주택총조사 전수집계결과 보도자료" [Results of the 2015 Census of Population and Housing survey]. Korean Statistical Information Service. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ "엄정화·엄앵란 톱스타 배출한 당나라 예술가 후손". www.skyedaily.com. Retrieved 13 April 2020.