Cho (Korean name)

Cho or Jo is a common 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. 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 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), K-pop singer from boyband Super Junior
• 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)
• Cho Young-Min (조영민)
• 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), Korean-American Actor
• Liz Cho
• Margaret Cho (조모란)
• Raymond Cho
• Fred Cho (조형진)
• Cho Hye-ri ("Wax"), a South Korean singer

Notes

See also

• Cho
• List of Korean family names
• Korean culture