Korea
loc · Latin script
Meaning: The Korean peninsula, divided after 1945 into North and South Korea
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Korea is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- AUAustralia
- CACanada
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 67 (measured from records)
no count published
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The Korean peninsula, divided after 1945 into North and South Korea.
Sources 1
- Korea - A Historical and Cultural Dictionary
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Korea counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 247 | Korea | 67 |
| AU Australia | — | — | Korea | 3 |
| CA Canada | — | — | Korea | 4 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | — | Korea | 7 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | — | Korea | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Korea is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, country, Asia
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Czech, Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, A geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Esperanto, Korean (of or pertaining to Korean people, the Korean language, or the Korean Peninsula)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In aot, big metal pan
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 5 countries.
Reference works 1
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Korea mean, and where does it come from?
- The Korean peninsula, divided after 1945 into North and South Korea. Recorded by Korea - A Historical and Cultural Dictionary.
- In which country does Korea have the most bearers?
- Korea is most frequently recorded in the United States, where it is most often spelled korea.
What do you want to know about Korea?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/koreaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Korea”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.