Kwak Family History
- Kwak Name Meaning
- Korean: there is only one Chinese character used for the surname Kwak. Some sources list 52 clans for Kwak, but only two clans can be documented. The founder of the Ch’ongju Kwak family was an official during the reign of Shilla King Hon’gyong (875–886) named Kwak Sang. The founder of the other Kwak clan, the Hyonp’ung clan, was named Kwak Kyong, and migrated to Korea from Song China in 1133.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 20,854 Historical Documents with Kwak on Ancestry
- 12,538 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,002 Census and Voter Lists
- 347 Military Records
- 2,164 Immigration Records
- 4,803 Member Trees
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Number of Kwak families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kwak census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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