Cho (Korean: 조, sometimes written as Jo) is a Korean family name, historically Royal family name in Korea[citation needed]. As of 2000, there were 1,347,730 people by this surname in South Korea, about 1% of the total population.[1] The name may represent either of the Hanja 趙 or 曺.[2]
Cho | |
Hangul | 조 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Jo |
McCune–Reischauer | Cho |
List of people with the surname
editHistorical people
edit- Jo Gwangjo (1482–1520), scholar-official of the Joseon period
- Jo Man-yeong (1776–1846), father of Queen Shinjeong
- Cho Man-sik (1883–1950), activist of the Korea's independence movement
- Cho Nam-chul (1923–2006), South Korean Go player
- Jo Myong-rok (1928–2010), North Korean politician
- Cho Ki-jung (1939–2007), South Korean potter
- Seung-Hui Cho (1984–2007), South Korean mass murderer, responsible for perpetrating the Virginia Tech shooting
Living people
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Fictional characters
edit- Amadeus Cho, a character in Marvel Comics
- Kimball Cho, a character in The Mentalist
- Dr. Isabel Cho, one of the four main protagonists in Dead Space: Aftermath
- Cho Cheol-gang, the main antagonist in Crash Landing on You
- Cho Sang-woo, a character in Squid Game
- Jo Yi-seo, the female lead of Itaewon Class
- Teacher Jo, the secretary of the main antagonist in Sky Castle
- Jo Yeong and Jo Eun-sup, two characters in The King: Eternal Monarch
Notes
edit- ^ National Statistical Office (2000). "성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구". 인구 총조사 메타DB [Meta-database of the general population census]. Archived from the original on 2007-03-01. Retrieved 2006-01-05.
- ^ "행정구역(시도)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구" (in Korean). KOSIS. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
See also
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