밀양 박씨(密陽 朴氏) — The largest ancestral seat among the Park surname, tracing its founder to Prince Milseong Park Eon-chim, son of King Gyeongmyeong of Silla.
The largest ancestral seat among the Park surname, tracing its founder to Prince Milseong Park Eon-chim, son of King Gyeongmyeong of Silla. In the 2015 Census the 밀양 박씨 clan numbered about 3,103,942 people, one of Korea's major surnames and clans. Even among people surnamed 박, a different clan seat (bon-gwan, 밀양) means a different lineage. New to these terms? See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
Milseong Buwongun-pa, Dopyeonguisasagong-pa, Jwabogyagong-pa, Jeongguggun-pa, Gyujeonggong-pa
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박언침(founder of the Miryang Park clan; Prince Milseong), 박제가(Silhak scholar), 박은식(independence activist; President of the Provisional Government), 박태준(founder of POSCO)
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밀양 박씨 figures recognized as independence patriots (National Independence Hall / Gonghun public data). Tap a name for the citation.
밀양 박씨 figures listed by the Presidential Committee or the Dictionary of Pro-Japanese Collaborators (Minjok Munje Institute).
The Miryang Park clan (密陽 朴氏), with its ancestral seat in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province, is the most populous ancestral seat among the Park surname. The Park surname traces its ultimate ancestor to Bak Hyeokgeose, founder of Silla, and the founder of the Miryang Park clan is his descendant Prince Milseong, Park Eon-chim (朴彦忱). As the eldest son of King Gyeongmyeong of Silla, he received Milseong (Miryang) as a fief, and his descendants took it as their ancestral seat.
The Miryang Park clan divided into many branches over the generations and produced many civil officials and scholars during the Joseon period. Today it is one of the representative surnames distributed evenly across the country.
The 밀양 박씨 clan association can be found in the Korean E-Jokbo Library clan-association directory.
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