Sang () is a rare Korean family name and a Korean given name.
Family name As a family name, Sang may be written with only one hanja, meaning "yet" or "still" (尙; ). The 2000 South Korean Census found 2,298 people and 702 households with this family name. All but five of those listed a single bongwan (origin of a clan lineage, not necessarily the actual residence of clan members): Mokcheon (today ), Dongnam District, Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province. One person listed a different bongwan, while four others had their bongwan listed as unknown. They claim descent from Sang Guk-jin (), an official of the early Goryeo period who was born in Mokcheon and rose to the post of () there.. The Jokbo Museum cites the following work for their pages on family names:
Given name People with the given name Sang include: Yi Sang (1910–1937), birth name Kim Haikyung, Korean writer of the Japanese colonial period Ku Sang (1919–2004), South Korean poet Chang Sang (born 1939), South Korean politician, country's first female prime minister
See also List of Korean family names List of Korean given names
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