Kyeon

{{Infobox Korean name/auto | hangul = %견 | hanja = 甄; 堅 | ipa = [kjʌn] }}

'''Kyeon''' is a Korean surname. {{tocright}}

==Overview== Kyeon may be written with two different hanja characters: {{linktext|甄}} or {{linktext|堅}}. The 2000 South Korean census found 1,660 people across 493 households with these surnames.<ref name="Census2000">{{cite web|url=http://kosis.kr/statHtml/statHtml.do?orgId=101&tblId=DT_1INOOSB&vw_cd=&list_id=&scrId=&seqNo=&lang_mode=ko&obj_var_id=&itm_id=&conn_path=K1&path=#|title=행정구역(구시군)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구|trans-title=Family names by administrative region (district, city, county): separated by ''bon-gwan'', households and individuals|publisher=Korean Statistical Information Service|access-date=23 October 2015}}</ref> In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that a majority people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Kyeon in their passports.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://korean.go.kr/front/etcData/etcDataView.do?etc_seq=179&mn_id=46|title=성씨 로마자 표기 방안: 마련을 위한 토론회|trans-title=Plan for romanisation of surnames: a preparatory discussion|publisher=National Institute of the Korean Language|date=25 June 2009|accessdate=22 October 2015|page=60}}</ref> === 甄 === The Kyeon (甄) are the descendants of Kyŏn Hwŏn, the founding king of Later Baekje. The 2000 South Korean census found 1,141 people across 340 households with this surname.<ref name="Census2000" />

=== 堅 === The 堅 surname has only one clan, the Cheonnyeong Kyeon clan. Their progenitor is Kyŏn Kwon ({{korean|hangul=견권|hanja=堅權|labels=no}}), who was a general during the early Goryeo dynasty in the 10th century AD.<ref>{{cite web |title=한국의 성(姓)씨 알아보기 4 - 천녕 견씨~태인·해주 경씨 |url=https://www.jgynews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=11276 |website=장강뉴스 |access-date=30 August 2023 |language=ko |date=16 November 2018}}</ref> The 2000 South Korean census found 519 people across 153 households with this surname.<ref name="Census2000" />

==Notable people== *Kyeon Mi-ri (born 1965), South Korean actress *Kyŏn Ae-bok, Korean princess *Kyŏn Hwŏn (c. 867–936), Korean king *Kyŏn Sin-gŏm (died 936), Korean king

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Category:Korean-language surnames