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Cho (Korean surname)

{{short description|Korean family name (조)}}

{{distinguish|text=the surname 초, which is also transliterated as "Cho" or "Ch'o"}}

{{Infobox Korean name

| hangul=조

| hanja={{linktext|趙}} or {{linktext|曺}}

| rr=Jo

| mr=Cho

}}

Cho ({{Korean|조}}, also written as Jo) is a Korean family name, historically Royal family name in Korea{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}. As of 2000, there were 1,347,730 people by this surname in South Korea, about 1% of the total population.{{cite web|url=http://kosis.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi?ID=DT_1INOOSB&IDTYPE=3|title=성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구|work=인구 총조사 메타DB [Meta-database of the general population census]|year=2000|author=National Statistical Office|access-date=2006-01-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301110942/http://kosis.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi?ID=DT_1INOOSB&IDTYPE=3|archive-date=2007-03-01|url-status=dead}} The name may represent either of the Hanja {{lang|zh|{{linktext|趙}}}} or {{lang|zh|{{linktext|曺}}}}.{{cite web|url=http://kosis.kr/statHtml/statHtml.do?orgId=101&tblId=DT_1INOOSC&conn_path=I2|title=행정구역(시도)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구|publisher=KOSIS|access-date=2019-08-27|language=ko}}

List of people with the surname

=Cho=

=Jo=

  • Jo Bang-heon (stage name Tae Jin-ah, born 1953), South Korean trot singer and entertainer
  • Jo Bo-ah (born 1991), South Korean actress
  • Jo Byeong-kyu (born 1996), South Korean actor
  • Jo Dong-hyuk (born 1977), South Korean actor
  • Jo Gwang-il (born 1996), South Korean rapper and songwriter
  • Jo Gwang-jo (1482–1520), Korean Neo-Confucian scholar
  • Jo Han-chul (born 1973), South Korean actor
  • Jo Hye-joo (born 1995), South Korean actress and model
  • Jo Hyeon-woo (born 1991), South Korean footballer
  • Jo Hyun-jae (born 1980), South Korean actor
  • Jo In-sung (born 1981), South Korean actor
  • Jo Jae-yoon (born 1974), South Korean actor
  • Jo Jeong-rae (born 1943), South Korean novelist
  • Jo Jin-ho (stage name Jinho, born 1992), South Korean singer, member of boy band Pentagon
  • Jo Jin-kyu (born 1960), South Korean film director
  • Jo Jung-chi (born 1978), South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
  • Jo Jung-eun (born 1996), South Korean actress
  • Jo Jung-min (born 1986), South Korean singer-songwriter
  • Jo Jung-suk (born 1980), South Korean actor
  • Jo Kwang-min (born 1995), South Korean actor, singer, rapper, member of boy band Boyfriend
  • Jo Kwon (born 1989), South Korean singer and entertainer, member of boy band 2AM
  • Jo Mi-hye (stage name Miryo, born 1981), South Korean rapper, member of girl group Brown Eyed Girls
  • Jo Min-su (born 1965), South Korean actress
  • Jo Myong-rok (1928–2010), North Korean military officer
  • Jo Se-ho (born 1982), South Korean comedian
  • Jo Seong-hyeon (stage name Eru, born 1983), American-born South Korean singer and actor
  • Jo Shin-ae (born 1982), South Korean actress and model
  • Jo Soo-min (born 1999), South Korean actress
  • Jo Sumi (born 1962), South Korean coloratura soprano
  • Jo Sung-ha (born 1966), South Korean actor
  • Jo Sung-hee (born 1979), South Korean film director
  • Jo Sung-mo (born 1977), South Korean singer
  • Jo Sung-woo (stage name Code Kunst, born 1989), South Korean composer and music producer
  • Jo Woo-chan (born 2005), South Korean rapper
  • Jo Woo-ri (born 1992), South Korean actress
  • Jo Yeon-hee (born 1977), South Korean actress
  • Jo Yi-jin (born 1982), South Korean actress
  • Jo Yong-in (better known as CoreJJ, born 1994), South Korean League of Legends player
  • Jo Yoon-hee (born 1982), South Korean actress
  • Jo Young-min (born 1995), South Korean actor, singer, member of boy band Boyfriend
  • Jo Young-nam (born 1945), South Korean singer-songwriter
  • Jo Yu-ri (born 2001), South Korean singer and actress
  • Jo Yun-seo (born 1993), South Korean actress

=Chough=

=Fictional characters=

Notes

See also

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Category:Surnames of Korean origin

Category:Korean-language surnames

Category:Jo clans