Comments by "Sara.C " (@sara.cbc92) on "KOREA'S LUNAR NEW YEAR" video.
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Koreans steal Chinese surnames> Lee, Yuen, Kim, Lim, Hwang, Yuen, Chang, Jung etc. Korean names use Chinese characters, reflecting the Korean aristocracy's adoption of Confucian naming models (i.e., full names) as long ago as the fifth century. Commoners on the peninsula did not have that privilege.
“For much of Korean history, only the elite had surnames,” Baker said. “Those elites tended to adopt surnames that would make it plausible to claim that they had ancestors from China, then the country Koreans admired the most. There were only a few such surnames. So, when commoners began acquiring surnames [later], they grabbed one already in use to bask in the prestige of the families that were already using that surname.” Baker further noted that Korea was an aristocratic society until the modern era, with only a few families at the top of the social ladder. “That limited the number of 'high-prestige' surnames available,” he added.
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