Hwangbo is an
uncommon family name in Korea. As of 2000, there were just 9,148 people by this name in
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
.
The Hwangbo surname has two
clans
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship
and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, meaning ...
, the
Yeongcheon Hwangbo clan
Yeongcheon Hwangbo clan () is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang Province. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Yeongcheon Hwangbo clan’s member was 10001. Hwangbo clan in Korea began wh ...
and the
Hwangju Hwangbo clan
The Hwangju Hwangbo clan () is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Hwangju, North Hwanghae Province. Hwangbo clan is originally was Huangfu (Chinese surname) and brought by Hwangbo Gyeong (황보경) from Tang dynasty to Silla dynas ...
. The name Hwangbo originated from the Chinese surname
Huangfu
Huángfŭ (皇甫), alternatively pronounced Huangpu, is a Chinese compound surname. It's also called as ''Hwangbo'' (황보) in Korea and ''Hoàng Phủ'' in Vietnam.
Origins
In the early Zhou Dynasty, Huangfu is the name of Military Office of Z ...
.
List of famous Hwangbos
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Hwangbo Je-gong
Hwangbo Je-gong () of the Hwangju Hwangbo clan (황주 황보씨) was a nobleman in the Early Kingdom of Goryeo periods. He was the father of Queen Sinjeong and become the fourth father in-law of Taejo of Goryeo also the maternal grandfather of ...
(황보제공), father of Queen Sinjeong and one of Three Major Grand Masters (태위 삼중대광, 太尉 三重大匡).
*
Queen Sinjeong (신정왕후 황보씨),
Taejo of Goryeo
Taejo of Goryeo (31 January 877 – 4 July 943), also known as Taejo Wang Geon (; ), was the founder of the Goryeo dynasty, which ruled Korea from the 10th to the 14th century. Taejo ruled from 918 to 943, achieving unification of the Later Three ...
's 4th Queen Consort
* Queen Daemok (대목왕후 황보씨), Gwangjong of Goryeo's Queen Consort
* Hwangbo In (황보인), Prime Minister of Joseon from 1450 to 1453
* Hwangbo Kwan (황보관; 皇甫官), a football (soccer), footballer (b. 1965)
* Hwangbo Seung-hee (황보승희) (b. 5 August 1976), South Korean politician, Youth Chief of the People Power Party (South Korea), People Power Party.
* Hwangbo, Hwangbo Hyejeong (황보혜정), a singer (b. 1980)
See also
* Korean name
* List of Korean family names
* Huangfu, Huangfu (Chinese surname)
References
External links
List of living names, with clan profiles2000 South Korean census results data by surname and clan
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Korean-language surnames of Chinese origin