Last name origin & meaning: Korean: there is only one Chinese character for the Pae
surname. The only documented Pae clan is that of Kyŏngju. The
founding ancestor of the Kyŏngju Pae clan, Ki-t’a, was one of the
six elders who made Pak Hyŏkkŏse Shilla’s first
king. Afterwards, Ki-t’a received the surname of Pae during the
32nd year of the reign of the Shilla King Yuri Isagŭm (24–57
ad).
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