Linguistic Archaeology: Korean Nobility

Korean Nobility: Initially considered to be An, Bak, Choi, Gim, Jang, and Yee. They were later joined by Jo and Min.

List of Names
1. An
2. Bak
3. Choi
4. Gim
5. Jang
6. Yee
7. Jo
8. Min

Popularity of use
A        %         E       %        I           %           O       %        U         %
3        37%     1       12%    3         37%       2        25%    0        0%

B        %         C       %        D        %       F       %        G         %
1         12%     1       12%   0        0%     0       0%       2        25%

H        %         J       %        K        %       L       %        M         %
1         12%    2       25%    1        12%   0      0%      2           25%

N        %         P       %        Q        %       R       %        S         %
3         37%     0        0%     0        0%     0        0%     0          0%

T        %         V       %        W        %       X       %        Y         %
0         0%      0       0%      0         0%     0        0%      1        12%

Z         %
0         0%

Popularity of use
37% A, I, N: An
25% O, G, J, M, A, I, N: Min, Jo, Gim,
12% E, B, C, H, K, Y, O, G, J, M, A, I, N: Yee, Jang, Choi, Bak,
0% U, D, F, L, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Z

Conclusions: Despite being late to Korean nobility, Min (Pre-Minoan as Mkun) and Jo predate families of Yee (ye- flips to become -ey making this name ey-e or eye), Jang (Jar-ng probably protoenglish merchants who made and sold jars or people who kept tongues in jars), Choi (Ch being a variant of ku, Kuoku- reminds me of Kohaku :-) Thanks to Last Airbender), and Bak (Barku, a boat made of bark). They are as old as Gim (Gkum), and only the An (Arn sounds familiar- probably because it blends with Mkun to form Mkun-arn or McKinnon suggesting they were already related by marriage of relatives) family predate all of them. This analysis outcome will change once all korean family names are added to the data set.