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{{Infobox Korean name
| hangul = {{linktext|곽}}
| hanja = {{linktext|郭}}
| rr = Gwak
| mr = Kwak
| koreanipa = /kwak/
}}Kwak ({{korean|곽|{{linktext|郭}}}}) is a Korean surname. OverviewThe family name Kwak is written with a hanja meaning "city walls" ({{linktext|lang=ko|郭}}; {{korean|labels=no|둘레 곽||dulle gwak}}; also called {{korean|labels=no|외성 곽|oeseong gwak}}). The same character is also used to write the family names Guō in Mandarin Chinese, Kaku in Japanese, and Quach in Vietnamese. The 2000 South Korean census found a total of 187,322 people and 58,396 households with this family name.[1] They identified with a number of different bon-gwan (seat of a clan lineage, for example the residence of an ancestor from whom the clan claims descent): - {{ill|Hyeonpung|ko|현풍군}} (Dalseong County): 140,283 people and 43,626 households.[1] They claim descent from Gwak Gyeong ({{korean|labels=no|곽경|郭鏡}}), who came to the Korean peninsula from Song dynasty China during the reign of Injong of Goryeo (r. 1122–1146).[2] See Hyeonpung Gwak clan.
- Cheongju: 18,218 people and 5,601 households.[1] They claim descent from Gwak Sang ({{korean|labels=no|곽상|郭祥}}), who served in the civil post of {{ill|Sijung (office)|lt=sijung|ko|시중 (신라의 관직)}} under Heongang of Silla (r. 875–886).[3]
- Seonsan: 5,603 people and 1,743 households[1]
- Gyeongju: 5,086 people and 1,641 households[1]
- 22 bon-gwan each with fewer than 3,000 people: 17,942 people and 5,772 households[1]
- Other or unknown: 190 people and 13 households[1]
In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 75.4% of people with this family name spelled it in Latin letters as Kwak in their passports, while 14.4% spelled it in Revised Romanization as Gwak, and 5% spelled it Kwag. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 5.2%) included Kwack, Gak, Guak, Kwack, Gwag, Kag, Kawk, Koag, Koak, Kweak, and Kwug.[4] Notable peopleAthletes- Gwak Hyeon-chae (born 1947), South Korean basketball player
- Riki Choshu (born Kwak Gwang-ung, 1951), Japanese professional wrestler of Korean descent
- Gwak Kyung-keun (born 1972), South Korean football forward
- Kwak Ok-chol (born 1973), North Korean judo athlete
- Gwak Mi-hee (born 1974), South Korean cross-country mountain biker and ski mountaineer
- Kwak Hee-ju (born 1981), South Korean football defender
- Kwak Tae-hwi (born 1981), South Korean football centre-back
- Kwak Dong-hyuk (born 1983), South Korean volleyball player
- Kwak Hyok-ju (born 1984), North Korean boxer
- Kwak Jung-hye (born 1986), South Korean sport shooter
- Kwak Chul-ho (born 1986), South Korean football forward
- Kwak Kwang-seon (born 1986), South Korean football defender
- Kwak Chang-hee (born 1987), South Korean football striker
- Kwak Seung-suk (born 1988), South Korean volleyball player
- Kwak Yoon-gy (born 1989), South Korean short track speed skater
- Kwak Hae-seong (born 1991), South Korean football full-back
- Gwak Dong-han (born 1992), South Korean judo athlete
- Kwak Ye-ji (born 1992), South Korean archer
- Kwak Min-jeong (born 1994), South Korean figure skater
- Gwak Been (born 1999), South Korean baseball pitcher
- Kwak Dae-sung, South Korean judo athlete
Film directors- Kwak Ji-kyoon (1954–2010), South Korean film director
- Kwak Jae-yong (born 1959), South Korean film director
- Kwak Kyung-taek (born 1966), South Korean film director
Entertainers- Kwak Do-won (born 1974), South Korean actor
- Ji Sung (born Kwak Tae-geun, 1977), South Korean actor
- Kwak Hyun-hwa (born 1981), South Korean actress, comedian and singer
- Kwak Ji-min (born 1985), South Korean actress
- Kwak Si-yang (born 1987), South Korean actor
- Kwak Hee-sung (born 1990), South Korean actor
- Kwak Dong-yeon (born 1997), South Korean actor and singer
- Kwak Jin-eon (born 1991), South Korean singer-songwriter
- Aaron Kwak (born 1993), member of South Korean boy band NU'EST
Other- Gwak Jae-u (1552–1617), general under Seonjo of Joseon
- Chung Hwan Kwak (born 1936), Unification Church leader
- Kwak Pom-gi (born 1939), North Korean government official
- Kwak Jae-gu (born 1954), South Korean poet
- Kwak Yi-kyong (born 1979), South Korean LGBT rights activist
- Kwak Jaesik (born 1982), South Korean novelist
- Kwak Jun-hyeok, South Korean associate professor of political science at Korea University
- Kwak Kyung-sup, South Korean professor of electrical engineering at Inha University
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|url=http://kosis.kr/statHtml/statHtml.do?orgId=101&tblId=DT_1INOOSB&vw_cd=&list_id=&scrId=&seqNo=&lang_mode=ko&obj_var_id=&itm_id=&conn_path=K1&path=#|title=행정구역(구시군)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구|trans-title=Family names by administrative region (district, city, county): separated by bon-gwan, households and individuals|publisher=Korean Statistical Information Service|accessdate=23 October 2015}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=http://news.joins.com/article/1632390|title=현풍 곽씨|trans-title=Hyeonpung Gwak clan|newspaper=JoongAng Ilbo|date=8 May 1982|access-date=14 January 2018}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.smgnews.co.kr/sub_read.html?uid=125374§ion=sc49§ion2=|title=청주곽씨(淸州郭氏)|trans-title=Cheongju Gwak clan|newspaper=Saemangeum Ilbo|date=25 February 2016|access-date=14 January 2018}}
4. ^{{cite book|url=http://korean.go.kr/front/etcData/etcDataView.do?etc_seq=179&mn_id=46|script-title=ko:성씨 로마자 표기 방안: 마련을 위한 토론회|trans-title=Plan for romanisation of surnames: a preparatory discussion|publisher=National Institute of the Korean Language|date=25 June 2009|accessdate=22 October 2015|page=58}}
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