Baek
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Baek (), also often spelled Paek, Baik, Paik, or Back is a Korean family name. In the year 2000, there were 351,275 people with this surname in South Korea. The word means the color white.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- family name
- Said to be same as
- Bai
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- native label
- 白
- topic's main category
- Category:Baek clans
- language of work or name
- Korean
- writing system
- Hangul
- different from
- 白
- Commons category
- Baek (surname)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Baek (白)
- Baek (苩)
- Notable people
- Back
- Baek
- Baik
- Bek
- Paek
- Paik
- Fictional characters
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Baek (), also often spelled Paek, Baik, Paik, or Back is a Korean family name. In the year 2000, there were 351,275 people with this surname in South Korea. The word means the color white.
==Baek (白)== "白" has a Cantonese origin from the Yuan dynasty and Goryeo dynasty. Baek Wu Kyung (白宇經) of the Suwon Baek clan, cousin of Bai Juyi of the Tang dynasty, is the origin of this name.
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