<Tr> <Th> McCune--Reischauer </Th> <Td> Kim </Td> </Tr> <P> Kim (occasionally romanized as Gim) is the most common surname in the Korean Peninsula, accounting for nearly 22% of the population . Kim is written as "김" gim in Korean . ("김" solely by itself has no specific meaning unless specified by its underlying hanja or derived from context .) The hanja for Kim can also be transliterated as Hangul: 금 geum "metal, iron, gold". The Kim family is also the ruling family in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). </P> <P> The first historical document that records Kim in 636 references it as the surname of Korean king, Jinhung (526 - 576). In the Silla kingdom (57 BCE--935 CE)--which variously battled and allied with other states on the Korean peninsula and ultimately unified most of Korea in 668--Kim (which means "gold") was the name of a family that rose to prominence and became the rulers of Silla for 700 years . </P> <P> As with other Korean surnames, different lineages, known as bon - gwan or clans, are inherited from a father to his children . These designate the region of Korea, or paternal ancestor, from which they claim to originate . </P>

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