Woo (Korean surname) explained

Woo
Meaning:Different depending on Hanja
Origin:Korean
Alternative Spelling:U
Hangul:
Hanja: and
Rr:U
Mr:U
Koreanipa:[u]

Woo is an uncommon Korean surname.

Clans

Woo may be written with either of two hanja (and). Each has one bon-gwan: for the former, Danyang, North Chungcheong Province, and for the latter, Mokcheon-eup (목천읍), Dongnam-gu, Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, both in what is today South Korea.[1] The 2000 South Korean census found 180,141 people with these family names.[2] In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 97.0% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Woo in their passports, while only 1.6% spelled it as Wu. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 1.4%) included U and Wo.[3]

People with the surname

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 한국성씨일람. List of Korean surnames. Kyungpook National University. 2003-12-11. 2013-10-30.
  2. Web site: 성씨인구분포데이터 (Surname population and distribution data). National Statistics Office. South Korea. 2013-05-28.
  3. Book: 성씨 로마자 표기 방안: 마련을 위한 토론회. Plan for romanisation of surnames: a preparatory discussion. National Institute of Korean Language. 25 June 2009. 22 October 2015. 60.