Namyang Song clan

Korean clan from Gyeonggi Province

Namyang Song clan

Country| Korea
Current region| Suwon
Founder| Song Gyu [ja]

Namyang Song clan (Korean: 남양 송씨; Hanja: 南陽 宋氏) was one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan was in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province. According to the research in 2000, the number of Namyang Song clan was 10183. Their founder was Song Gyu [ja] who was a Hanlin Academy in Tang dynasty. He was dispatched from Tang dynasty to Silla and served as Ministry of Personnel in Silla. He was settled in Namyang and began Namyang Song clan at a time when Silla was collapsed.[1]

## See also

[edit]

* Korean clan names of foreign origin

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Academy of Korean Studies 남양송씨 南陽宋氏. Academy of Korean Studies.

## External links

[edit]

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

This Korea-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template