Kwak spelled 곽 in hangul

Hangul

Hangul,Pronounced or ; Korean: 한글 Hangeul/Han'gŭl or 조선글 Chosŏn'gŭl/Joseongeul the Korean alphabet, is the native alphabet of the Korean language. It is a separate script from Hanja, the logographic Chinese characters which are also sometimes used to write Korean...

 is a surname in Korea

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

. The name can be traced as early as the Kim Silla

Silla

Silla was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and one of the longest sustained dynasties in...

 kingdom. Today an estimated 187,000 people in Korea carry the name. They use the same Chinese

China

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 character as the Guo/Kuo/Kwok

Guo

"Guo", written in Chinese: 郭, is one of the most common Chinese surnames and means "the wall that surrounds outside a city" in Chinese; it can also be spelled Cok, Guo, Quo, Quoc, Quach, Quock, Que, Quek, Kuo, Kok, Koc, Kwok, Kuok, Gock or Koay....

 of China. There are different transliterations of the name, but in South Korea, the emerging new spelling is Kwark, presumably following the lead of Park

Park (Korean name)

Park is a common and time-honoured Korean surname, founded by King Hyeokgeose. All Parks are descendants of him in principle except naturalized people...

. Kwak is often mispronounced as Quack. Other variations of Kwak spelled by Koreans include Kwalk, Gwak, etc. Kwark or Kwalk would be recommended spellings. Some are known to use Koak.

The Vietnamese use Quach

Quach

Quach is a Vietnamese surname: Quách romanized in English: Quach. The name derives from the Chinese surname 郭, which is pronounced Guō in Mandarin and Kwok or Gwok in Cantonese...

.
The Japanese use Kaku.
The Chinese Indonesians use Kwik.

List of notable kwak clans

• Chung Hwan Kwak
  Chung Hwan Kwak
  Chung Hwan Kwak is a prominent leader of the international Unification Church, having been appointed to many leadership positions in Unification Church affiliated organizations by church founder Sun Myung Moon. Kwak has been the Chairman and President of News World Communications since 2002...
  
  
• Kwak Dae Hong
  Kwak Dae Hong
  Kwak Dae Hong is a Korean voice actor.He joined the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation's voice acting division in 1982.-Broadcast TV:*Meoteoldosa*Inspector Gadget*Tom Soyer's Adventure...
  
  
• Kwak Dae-Sung
  Kwak Dae-Sung
  Kwak Dae-Sung is a retired South Korean judoka who is a two-time Asian champion .He won a silver medal in the lightweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and also won silver at the 1995 World Judo Championships....
  
   2006 Olympic Judo Silver medalist.
• Kwak Hee-Joo
  Kwak Hee-Joo
  Kwak Hee-Ju is a South Korean footballer who plays as a defender. He is currently playing for South Korean premier club Suwon Samsung Bluewings....
  
    South Korean football(world football, aka soccer) player.
• Kwak Jae-yong
  Kwak Jae-yong
  Kwak Jae-yong is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He studied physics at Kyunghee University. He achieved success with his debut film Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day in 1989, but the failure of his next two movies led to eight years of unemployment before a comeback with the...
  
  
• Kwak Ji-min
  Kwak Ji-min
  Kwak Ji-min is a South Korean actress.- Filmography :* Girl X Girl * I Am Sam * Redeye * Shiroi Karasu * Samaritan Girl...
  
  
• Kwak Kyung-taek
  Kwak Kyung-taek
  Kwak Kyung-taek is a South Korean film director best known for his 2001 record-breaking film Friend.- Career :Friend, a drama where conflicting criminal alliances turn old friends into enemies, set a new Korean box office record with an audience of 8 million, and he received the Holden Award for...
  
    Movie director. Favorite theme involves Busan.
• Kwak Min-Jung
  Kwak Min-Jung
  Kwak Min-Jeong is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2011 South Korean bronze medalist, the 2010 South Korean silver medalist and the 2009 Junior national champion...
  
    2010 Olympic figure skater.
• Ji Sung (whose real name is Kwak Tae-geun)
  Ji Sung
  Ji Sung is a South Korean actor, born on 27 February 1977. He is best known for his roles in popular drama series such as Save the Last Dance for Me and New Heart....
  
  
• Kwak Tae-Hwi
  Kwak Tae-Hwi
  Kwak Tae-Hwi , is a South Korean football Centre back who currently plays for Ulsan Hyundai and South Korea national football team.-International goals:-External links:* at KFA.or.kr* at FIFA.com...
  
  . South Korean football(world football, aka soccer) player.
• Kwak Yoon-Gy
  Kwak Yoon-Gy
  Kwak Yoon-Gy is a South Korean short track speed skater.-External links:*...
  
  . 2010 Olympic silver medalist. Edged Apollo Ohno at men's short track relay.
• Kwak Kyung Sup
  Kwak Kyung Sup
  Kyung Sup Kwak is a South Korean electrical engineer, a professor in the Graduate School of Information Technology and Telecommunication at Inha University, South Korea....
  
  . Professor at Inha University
  Inha University
  Inha University is a private, co-educational university located in Incheon, South Korea. It is owned by Hanjin Group.Inha University was established by the first president of South Korea, Syngman Rhee. It is a Korean-American collaboration school, even in its name: the Morpheme "In" comes from the...
  
  and President of UWB Forum, South Korea