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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.
Famous Chos
- Jo Gwang-jo (조광조)
- Cho Byung-hwa (조병화)
- Cho Byung-Kuk (조병국)
- Cho Chi-hun (조지훈)
- Cho Chikun (조치훈)
- Cho Hunhyun (조훈현)
- Cho Hyun (조현)
- Cho Hyun-Doo (조현두)
- Jo Insung (조인성)
- Cho Jae-Jin (조재진)
- Cho Ki-Jung (조기정)
- Cho Kyuhyun (조규현)
- Cho Man-sik (조만식)
- Cho Namchul (조남철)
- Cho PD (조중훈)
- Cho Sonjin (조선진)
- Jo Su-mi (조수미)
- Jo Sungmo (조성모)
- Cho Tae-yong (조태용)
- Cho Yangho (조양호)
- Cho Yong-pil (조용필)
- Jo Yoon-hee (조윤희)
- Cho Yoon-jeong (조윤정)
- Cho Seung-Hui (조승희), spree shooter in the Virginia Tech massacre.
- Dae Hui Cho (조대희)
- David Yonggi Cho (조용기), founder of Yoido Full Gospel Church.
- Eru (singer) (조성현)
- Frank Cho (조덕현)
- Henry Cho
- Jin Ho Cho (조진호)
- John Cho (조요한)
- Liz Cho
- Margaret Cho (조모란)
- Raymond Cho
- Fred Cho (조형진)
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.
