Kwon

This article is about the surname. For the American football player, see Kwon Alexander. For the American radio station, see KWON.
Kwon (권)
Pronunciation/kwʌ̹n/
LanguageKorean
Kwon
Hangul
권
Hanja
權
RRGwon
MRKwŏn

Kwon also written as Gwon (Korean: 권; Hanja: 權 [kwʌn]) is a Korean family name. Some sources list as many as 56 clans, but most of them were merged with the Andong Gwon clan under the Sijeung-gong faction soon after the establishment of the Goryeo Kingdom.

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