Due to this attribute, the common hongan in South Korea consist mostly of the royal families of Silla, the royal families of Gaya (their Chushiso were the meritorious retainers who contributed to Tongilsilla), local ruling families and nobles of Silla, meritorious retainers of Goryeo, and immigrants such as famous Chinese scholars and military commanders (However, Wang families or Son families among Chinese immigrants have no hongan with the ancestry of the immigrants or small hongan with unclear origin.)
その性格ゆえか、韓国に多い本貫は、新羅王族系、伽耶王族系（中始祖が統一新羅に貢献した功臣）、新羅豪族・貴族系、高麗の功臣及び中国の著名な学者や武将などの渡来系（ただし、中国渡来系の中で王姓・孫姓などは、渡来系を祖先とする本貫が皆無か由来が不明な小さな本貫のみである）が大半を占める。