O (surname)

O or Oh is a romanization of a number of East Asian surnames.

Korea

O (Hangul: 오) is the Korean form of the Chinese surname Wu (Hanja: 吳).

Japan

Ō (Hiragana: おう, わう) is the Japanese form of the Chinese surname Wang (Kanji: 王). Most Japanese with this surname are ethnic Chinese.^{[citation needed]}

Distribution

During both the 1990 and year 2000 US Censuses, fewer than 100 people in the United States had the name O, but Oh was ranked as the 3,508th most common surname in 1990 and the 2,477th most common surname in 2000.^[1]

List of persons with the surname

O

• O Rissei, a famous Go player

Oh

• David Oh, Korean-American politician
• Oh Eun-Sun, South Korean female mountaineer
• Felicia Oh, black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and world-class submission grappling competitor
• Oh Hye-Rin (Raina), a member of South-Korean girl group, After School
• Junggeun Oh, Korean artist
• Nadia Oh, an English singer, rapper and producer
• Sadaharu Oh, the all-time home run king of Japan
• Sandra Oh, a Korean-Canadian actress
• Oh Sangwon, a Korean author
• Oh Sehun, a member of South Korean-Chinese boy band under SM entertainment, EXO
• Oh Hayoung, a member of South Korean girl band under ACube entertainment, Apink
• Oh Seong-Ok, a South Korean handball player
• Oh Taeseok, a South Korean playwright and director
• Oh Takbeon, a South Korean poet, author, and critic.
• Oh Lydia, a Korean American growth group leader and former Director of Children's ministry at GPC.

References

See also

• Ou (surname), for Chinese surnames sometimes rendered Ao, Au, O, or Oh

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