Why are the surnames of North Koreans concentrated in three surnames: Kim, Lee and Park?

The main reason is that these three surnames are all common surnames in North Korea, and in ancient times they were surnames that could only be used by North Korean nobles and even the royal family. Moreover, Korea was deeply influenced by China in ancient times. That's why I named myself after a Han surname. This can also be said to be the influence of Chinese culture on overseas countries. Of course, many people later adopted these surnames in order to show their dignity.

Mainly because Korea was a vassal state of China at that time. Moreover, they are deeply influenced by Chinese culture and adopt the concepts of Chinese civilization in etiquette and even clothing. Even the surnames and characters use Chinese characters. Although now due to the evolution of de-Chinese characters, there are not too many Chinese characters left in North Korea. But you can see that many famous calligraphers from North Korea or South Korea used Chinese characters to write. Moreover, these three surnames all come from the royal family, so they appear to be very noble.

Although some people have very similar last names. But they are usually distinguished by their ancestry. So although they may have the same surname, they come from different ancestral places. Of course, this is a place with different understandings from Chinese culture. Because Chinese culture advocates the principle that the world is one family. North Korea and South Korea use their names more to reflect their dignity, so they choose to do this. However, later, because civilians used these noble surnames so much, they chose to distinguish them by their place of origin.

Of course, this is mainly because these three surnames were all used by the Korean royal family at that time. So it slowly spread and evolved into three major surnames. This is also because the rulers of these three dynasties at that time controlled this area of ​​​​North Korea for a very long time. Therefore, many North Koreans gradually use their surnames to express their memory.