Cho (Korean name)
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| Cho | |
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| Hangul: |
조
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| Hanja: | |
| Revised Romanization: | Jo |
| McCune-Reischauer: | Cho |
Cho or Jo is a common Korean family name. As of 2000, there were 1,347,730 people by this surname in South Korea, more than 2% of the total population.[1] The name may represent either of the Chinese characters 趙 and 曺; the first is nearly three times more common.
[edit] Famous Chos
- Cho Byung-Kuk
- David Yonggi Cho, founder of Yoido Full Gospel Church.
- Cho Hunhyun
- Cho Hyun
- Cho Hyun-Doo
- Cho Jae-Jin
- Cho Sonjin
- Cho Tae-yong
- Margaret Cho
[edit] Notes
- ^ National Statistical Office (2000). 성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구. 인구 총조사 메타DB [Meta-database of the general population census]. Retrieved on 2006-01-05.
