Cho (Korean surname)

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 Hanja 趙 (Chinese: Zhao) or 曺 (Chinese: Cao); the former is nearly three times more common.[2]

Cho
Hangul	조
Hanja	趙 or 曺
Revised Romanization	Jo
McCune–Reischauer	Cho

Cho or Jo is a Korean family name.

List of people with the surname

People from the past

• 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

People from nowadays

Cho Alina Cho, CNN newsperson Ann J Cho, member of C-REAL Arden Cho, American actress Cho Byung-hwa Cho Byung-kuk Cho Chi-hun Cho Chikun, a Korean Go player David Yonggi Cho, a Korean Christian minister Erica Cho, American artist Frank Cho, a comic writer Henry Cho, an American comedian, actor, writer, rancher Cho Hun-hyun, a Korean Go player Wax, born Cho Hye-ri, a South Korean singer Cho Hye-yeon, former member of girl group Gugudan Cho Hyun Cho Hyun-doo Cho Jae-hyun, Korean actor Cho Jae-jin Cho Joo-Bin, South Korean Nth room case Cho Seung-youn South Korean singer from Uniq (band) and X1 (band) Cho Ja-young, member of girl group Dal Shabet John Cho, a Korean American actor Cho Ka-eun, former member of girl group Dal Shabet Cho Ki-jung Cho Kyu-hyun, South Korean singer from Super Junior Liz Cho, American newscaster Margaret Cho, an American comedian Cho Mi-yeon, South Korean singer from (G)I-DLE Cho Mi-hye, South Korean singer, rapper, member of the girlgroup Brown Eyed Girls Cho Myung-ik, rapper from Turbo Cho Minhaeng, chemist in Korea University Cho Nam-chul Cho Nam-Joon, translational scientist in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Cho Namgi, only Chinese 3-star General of Korean descent Cho PD Cho Mingyu of Crossover group Forestella Raymond Cho, Korean-Canadian politician and Ontario government minister Sam Cho, Korean-American politician and entrepreneur Cho Seung-woo, Korean actor Seung-Hui Cho, the shooter responsible for the Virginia Tech massacre Cho So-hyun, South Korean footballer Cho Son-jin Cho Won-hee, South Korean former footballer Cho Yong-pil, a Korean rock musician Cho Yoon-sun, a Korean politician Cho Yoon-jeong, a former Korean tennis player Cho Yoon-woo, a Korean actor Cho Zang-hee, a Korean neuroscientist Fictional characters Amadeus Cho Bo' Rai Cho, a character in the Mortal Kombat games 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 Jo Yi-seo, the female lead of Itaewon Class Teacher Jo, the secretary of the main antagonist in Sky Castle

Jo Jo Gye-hyeon, member of South Korean boy group VERIVERY Jo Ha-seul, member of girl group Loona Jo Hyeon-woo, South Korean football goalkeeper Jo Hyun-jae, Korean actor Jo In-sung, Korean actor Jo Jinho, member of boy group Pentagon Jo Kwang-min, member of boy group Boyfriend Jo Kwon, South Korean entertainer and member of 2AM Jo Mingyu, member of boy group Newkidd Jo Min-su, South Korean actress Jo Myong-rok, North Korean politician Jo Shin-ae Jo Sojin, Korean musician Sumi Jo, Grammy-award-winning South Korean coloratura soprano Jo Sung-mo, Korean musician Jo Yeo-jeong, Korean actress Jo Young-min, member of boy group Boyfriend Jo Yuri, member of South Korean girl group Iz*One Jo Se-rim, member of South Korean girl group Everglow

Notes

1. 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.
2. "행정구역(시도)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구" (in Korean). KOSIS. Retrieved 2019-08-27.

See also

• Chō (surname), a Japanese surname related to the Chinese Zhang
• Cho (disambiguation)
• List of Korean family names
• List of common Korean surnames