- Cho (Korean name)
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Cho Hangul 조 Hanja 趙 also 曺 Revised Romanization Jo McCune–Reischauer Cho Cho or Jo is a Korean family name. As of 2000, there were 1,347,730 people by this surname in South Korea of a total population of 45,985,289: more than 2% of the total population.[1] The name may represent either of the Chinese characters 趙 (same as the Chinese Zhao) and 曺 (Chinese Cao); the first is nearly three times more common.
Famous Chos
- Jo Young-Min (조영민),보이프렌드(Boyfriend) Older Brother Twin
- Jo Kwang-Min (조광민),보이프렌드 (Boyfriend) Younger Brother Twin
- Cho Hyun-Young (조현영), Rainbow's Maknae
- Jo Gwang-jo (조광조)
- Jo In-seong (조인성)
- Jo Su-mi (조수미), Grammy award winning South Korean lyric coloratura soprano
- Jo Sung-mo (조성모)
- Jo Hyeon-jae
- Cho Jae-hyun
- Cho Byung-hwa (조병화)
- Cho Byung-kuk (조병국)
- Cho Chi-hun (조지훈)
- Cho Chikun (조치훈)
- Cho Dae-hui (조대희)
- Cho Hye-ri ("Wax"), a South Korean singer
- Cho Hun-hyun (조훈현)
- Cho Hyun (조현)
- Cho Joon (조준성)
- Cho Hyun-doo (조현두)
- Cho Jae-jin (조재진)
- Jo Kwon (조권)
- Cho Ki-jung (조기정)
- Cho Kyuhyun (조규현), K-pop singer from boyband Super Junior
- Cho Man-sik (조만식)
- Cho Nam-chul (조남철)
- Cho PD (조중훈)
- Cho Seung-Hui
- Jo Shin-ae (조신애)
- Cho Sonjin (조선진)
- Cho Yong-pil (조용필)
- Cho Yoon-jeong (조윤정)
- Alina Cho, CNN correspondent born to Korean parents
- Frank Cho (조덕현)
- Henry Cho
- John Cho (조요한), Korean-American Actor
- Liz Cho
- Margaret Cho (조모란)
- Raymond Cho
Notes
- ^ National Statistical Office (2000). "성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구". 인구 총조사 메타DB [Meta-database of the general population census]. http://kosis.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi?ID=DT_1INOOSB&IDTYPE=3. Retrieved 2006-01-05.
See also
- Cho
- List of Korean family names
- Korean culture
Categories:- Korean-language surnames
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