The Korean family name Min is written with only one hanja (閔).
The 2000 census found 142,752 people in 43,887 households belonging to this clan (about 0.35% of the South Korean population at the time), making it the 47th-most-common surname among the 286 surnames listed in the census.
[2] The family name Min has one major clan lineage, the Yeoheung Min clan, whose bon-gwan (ancestral seat) is present-day Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province.
Yeoju has traditionally been called Yeoheung (during Joseon dynasty) and Hwangryeo (Goryeo dynasty), and the Min clan has accordingly been referred to as Hwangryeo Min clan or other variations during different times in history.
The Yeoheung Min clan is subdivided into 46 branches ("Pa").