Haengju_Ki_clan

Haengju Ki clan

Haengju Ki clan

Korean clan from Gyeonggi Province

Haengju Ki clan (Korean: 행주 기씨; Hanja: 幸州 奇氏) is a Korean clan. Their Bon-gwan is in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province. According to the 2015 South Korean census, the population of the Haengju Ki clan was 27,379. Their founder was Ki U-sŏng [ja] who was a descendant of Jun of Gojoseon, the last king of Gija Joseon. U-seong was the eldest son of Hun who was the 7th descendant of Jun. U-sŏng's two younger brothers, U-ryang and U-pyŏng, became the progenitors of the Han and Sunwoo families respectively.[1] Ki U-sŏng was Gija’s 48th generation descendant.[2][3]

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  1. [1]
    "(138) 행주 기씨". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 4 May 1985. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  2. [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: 16 – via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.
  3. [3]
    Doosan Encyclopedia 기 奇. Doosan Encyclopedia.
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