family name
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
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Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...
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It is also often spelled as Hur or Huh, or less commonly as Her. 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 ...
in 1985, out of a population of between roughly 40 and 45 million, there were approximately 264,000 people surnamed Heo. The name is also found in
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
Heo Hwang-ok
A commemorative Rs. 25.00 postage stamp on Princess Suriratna (Queen Heo Hwang-ok ) was issued by India in 2019.
A commemorative Rs. 5.00 postage stamp on Queen Heo Hwang-ok (Suriratna) was issued by India in 2019.
Heo Hwang-ok, also known a ...
Geumgwan Gaya
Geumgwan Gaya (43–532), also known as Bon-Gaya (본가야, 本伽倻, "original Gaya") or Garakguk (가락국, "Garak State"), was the ruling city-state of the Gaya confederacy during the Three Kingdoms Period in Korea. It is believed to have b ...
, one of ancient kingdoms in Korea. She bore ten sons, two of whom retained the Queen's name. The Heos are traditionally considered distant kins of the
Kims
KiMs is a Danish brand of chips and snacks, owned by the Orkla Group.
The brand "KiM" was trademarked in 1960 by Odense Marcipanfabrik (a marzipan factory) in Denmark, but as a German cigarette brand of this name already existed, the name wa ...
, who trace their ancestry to the other sons of King Suro.
Clans
As with most other Korean family names, there are many Heo
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 ...
, including the Gimhae clan and the Yangchon clan. Each clan consists of individual Heo families. Even within each clan, people in different families are not necessarily related to each other. These distinctions are important, since Korean law used to prohibit intermarriage in the same clan, no matter how remote the relationship; now, however, only those in a relationship of second cousins or closer may not marry.
As with other Korean family names, the Heo clans are distinguished by the place from which they claim to originate.
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Yangcheon Heo clan
Yangcheon Heo clan () was one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan was in Gangseo District, Seoul. According to the 2015 Korean census, the number of Yangcheon Heo clan is 149,505. Their founder was . He was the descendant of Heo Hwang-ok, the quu ...
Gimhae Heo clan
Gimhae Heo clan () is one of the Korean clans. This clan traces their origin to King Suro and his legendary Queen Heo Hwang-ok, who are mentioned in the 13th-century Korean chronicle ''Samguk Yusa''.
* Taein Heo clan
* Hamchang clan
* Suwon clan
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Yangju
Yangju () is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Yangju is located south of Dongducheon and north of Uijeongbu, not far from Seoul.
History
* 1395 - Renamed to Yangju.
* January 1, 1963 - Uijeongbu is separated and becomes a city.
* Apr ...
clan
People with the surname
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Heo Hwang-ok
A commemorative Rs. 25.00 postage stamp on Princess Suriratna (Queen Heo Hwang-ok ) was issued by India in 2019.
A commemorative Rs. 5.00 postage stamp on Queen Heo Hwang-ok (Suriratna) was issued by India in 2019.
Heo Hwang-ok, also known a ...
– Queen of
Geumgwan Gaya
Geumgwan Gaya (43–532), also known as Bon-Gaya (본가야, 本伽倻, "original Gaya") or Garakguk (가락국, "Garak State"), was the ruling city-state of the Gaya confederacy during the Three Kingdoms Period in Korea. It is believed to have b ...
, clan ancestress
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Ben Huh
Ben Huh is a South Korean-American internet entrepreneur and the former CEO of The Cheezburger Network, which at its peak in 2010 received 375 million views a month across its 50 sites.Chard, TheaCheezburger CEO Ben Huh on Surrounding Himself w ...
– South Korean-American internet entrepreneur
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Heo Jun
Heo Jun (허준, 1539 – 9 October 1615) was a Korean physician. He was the royal chief physician of '' Naeuiwon'' during the reign of King Seonjo and King Gwanghae of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea.
Biography
Heo Jun was born in 1539 to an affl ...
– b. 1546
Joseon
Joseon (; ; Middle Korean: 됴ᇢ〯션〮 Dyǒw syéon or 됴ᇢ〯션〯 Dyǒw syěon), officially the Great Joseon (; ), was the last dynastic kingdom of Korea, lasting just over 500 years. It was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and re ...
-era court physician
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Heo Nanseolheon
Heo Nanseolheon (1563 – 19 March 1589), was a Korean painter and poet of the mid-Joseon dynasty. She was the younger sister of Heo Bong, a politician and political writer, and elder to Heo Gyun, a prominent writer of the time and credited as th ...
– b. 1563, Joseon-era painter and poet
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Heo Gyun
Heo Gyun (Hangul: ; Hanja: , 10 December 1569 – 12 October 1618) was a Korean novelist, poet, and politician during the Joseon period. He was also known by his pennames, Gyosan (교산 蛟山) and Seongso (성소 惺所).
Life
Heo Gyun was bo ...
– b. 1569, Joseon-era writer
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Heo Im
Heo Im (; 1570 – 1647, born in Naju, South Jeolla Province) was a medical scientist of the Hanyang Heo clan during the reign of King Seonjo of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea who was known for his contribution to the development of acupuncture. ...
– b. 1570, Joseon-era physician
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Heo Jeok
Heo Jeok (Korean: 허적, Hanja: 許積; 1610 – 11 May 11, 1680) was a politician during the Joseon Dynasty. He was the 124th and 125th Prime Minister of Korea (Yeonguijeong), in 1664, 1671, and 1674–1680. His pen name was Mukjae (묵재, ...
– b. 1610, Prime Minister of South Korea during
Joseon Dynasty
Joseon (; ; Middle Korean: 됴ᇢ〯션〮 Dyǒw syéon or 됴ᇢ〯션〯 Dyǒw syěon), officially the Great Joseon (; ), was the last dynastic kingdom of Korea, lasting just over 500 years. It was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and re ...
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Heo Jeong
Ho Chong, Huh Chung, or Heo Jeong (; April 8, 1896September 18, 1988) was a South Korean politician and Korean independence activist, who served as the sixth Prime Minister of South Korea during the country's Second Republic.
In 1960, he was a ...
– b. 1896, South Korean politician and Korean independence activist
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Heo Jang-kang
Heo Jang-gang (May 9, 1925 – September 21, 1975) was a South Korean actor, one of the representative actors in the 1960s and 1970s. He mainly took supporting roles such as villains or comical characters. He died of a heart attack after playing ...
– b. 1925, South Korean actor
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Huh Chin-kyu
Huh Chin-kyu (; born December 1, 1940) is a billionaire South Korean businessman, and the founder and chairman of ILJIN Group.
Early life
Huh was born on December 1, 1940, in Buan, North Jeolla Province during Japanese rule over Korea. He ...
- b. 1940, South Korean businessman, founder and chairman of ILJIN Group
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Huh Young-man
Huh Young-man (born June 26, 1947) is a South Korean manhwa artist.
Early life
Huh Young-man was born Heo Hyeong-man in present-day Yeosu, a far southern coastal city of what is now South Jeolla Province, South Korea in 1947. He was the third ...
– b. 1947, South Korean
manhwa
(; ) is the general Korean term for comics and print cartoons. Outside Korea, the term usually refers to South Korean comics. is greatly influenced by Japanese Manga comics. Modern Manhwa has extended its reach to many other countries. ...
(Korean comics) artist
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Huh Kyung-young
Huh Kyung-young (born July 13, 1947) is a South Korean politician, founder of the National Revolutionary Dividends Party (국가혁명배당금당, 國家革命配當金黨), cult leader, and singer.
Early life
On his official profile, Huh says ...
Huh Chang-soo
Huh Chang-soo (born October 6, 1948) is the chairman of GS Group. Huh has a degree in business administration from Korea University and attended an MBA course at Saint Louis University in the United States.
Huh became chairman of GS Group in 200 ...
– b. 1948, South Korean businessman, chairman of
GS Group
GS Group is a South Korean conglomerate. GS comprises GS Holdings, subsidiaries & affiliates including GS Caltex, GS Retail, GS Shop, GS EPS, GS Global, GS Sports and GS E&C among others. The asset size is 65.4 trillion KRW at the end of 2019 ...
Hur Nam-sik
Hur Nam-sik (born March 14, 1949 in Uiryeong, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea) was the 33rd, 34th, 35th mayor of Busan
Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million ...
– b. 1949, South Korean politician, 33rd, 34th,and 35th mayor of
Busan
Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, w ...
city
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Huh Jung-Moo
Huh Jung-moo (Korean: 허정무, Hanja: 許丁茂; born 13 January 1955) is a former South Korean football player and manager.
Playing career
Huh was one of the best South Korean college footballers before starting his semi-professional care ...
– b. 1955, footballer and manager
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Hur Jin-ho
Heo Jin-ho (; born August 8, 1963) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.
Career
Heo Jin-ho graduated from Yonsei University with a degree in philosophy and went on to study filmmaking at the Korean Academy of Film Arts. His first st ...
– b. 1963, South Korean film director
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Young Soon Hue
Young Soon Hue (born 1963) is a contemporary ballet choreographer. She was born in South Korea and trained in South Korea and France. She began her professional career at Frankfurt Ballet, Germany, under the direction of William Forsythe and con ...
– b. 1963, South Korean ballet choreographer
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Heo Joon-ho
Huh Joon-ho (, born April 14, 1964) is a South Korean actor. His name was previously officially romanized as Hur Joon-ho and is sometimes romanized unofficially as Heo Joon-ho.
His father was Heo Jang-kang, a well-known Korean actor. Huh bega ...
– b. 1965, South Korean actor
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Hur Jae
Hur Jae (born September 28, 1965) is a South Korean retired basketball coach and former player. His playing and coaching career combined spanned over three decades, beginning during the semi-professional era and coinciding with the establishmen ...
– b. 1965, South Korean basketball coach and former player
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Heo Yong-mo
Heo Yong-Mo (April 21, 1965 – March 9, 2019) was a South Korean amateur boxer.
Career
He won a Light Flyweight bronze medal at the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
Heo captured a Flyweight silver medal in the 1983 Boxin ...
– b. 1965, South Korean boxer
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Aram Hur
Aram Hur is a South Korean teacher, practicing humanist, educator, publisher, lecturer, and social entrepreneur.
Biography
Aram Hur was born in Miryang, South Korea on March 4, 1971, and grew up in Busan. She received her BA and MA from Pusan ...
– b. 1971, South Korean educator
* Heo Hyeon-seok – b. 1971, South Korean dancer and musician (better known as Hyun Jin-young)
* Hur Seung-Wook – b. 1972, South Korean alpine skier
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Hur Suk-ho
Hur Suk-ho ( ko, 허석호; born 20 August 1973), who is usually known as SK Ho in English, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays mainly on the Japan Golf Tour.
Career
Hur was born in Seoul. He attended Chae Yoog University and turned ...
– 1973, South Korean golfer
* Huh Young-Sook – b. 1975, South Korean handball player
* Huh Soon-Young – b. 1975, South Korean women's handball player
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Heo Sung-tae
Heo Sung-tae ( , born 20 October 1977) is a South Korean actor with over sixty film and television credits. He came to national prominence in the 2016 period thriller film ''The Age of Shadows''.
Early life
Heo was born in Busan, South Korea. ...
- b. 1977, South Korean actor
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Heo Jae-Won
Heo Jae-won (Hangul: 허재원; Hanja: 許宰源; born 1 July 1984) is a South Korean football player who last played for Jeonnam Dragons.Huh Gak
Huh Gak (; born November 15, 1984) is a South Korean singer. He rose to fame after winning the 2010 Mnet talent competition series '' Superstar K 2,'' during which he became known as "the Korean Paul Potts."
Early life and education
Huh Gak ...
– b. 1984, South Korean singer and winner of the second season of
Superstar K
''Superstar K'' ( ko, 슈퍼스타 K) is a South Korean television talent show series which is held yearly. First held in 2009, Superstar K has increasingly gained more attention, considered the biggest audition program in South Korea. Superstar ...
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Heo Young-ho
Heo Young-ho (born 2 July 1986) is a Korean professional Go player
Player may refer to:
Role or adjective
* Player (game), a participant in a game or sport
** Gamer, a player in video and tabletop games
** Athlete, a player in sports
** ...
– b. 1986, South Korean professional
Go player
This article gives an overview of well-known professional and amateur players of the board game Go throughout the ages. The page has been divided into sections based on the era in which the Go players played and the country in which they play ...
– b. 1986, South Korean singer and member of boy band
SS501
SS501 is a South Korean boy band consisting of five members: Kim Hyun-joong, Heo Young-saeng, Kim Kyu-jong, Park Jung-min and Kim Hyung-jun. They debuted in 2005 with the EP ''Warning'', which included their first number one song, "Never A ...
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Huh E-jae
Heo Yi-jae (, born February 19, 1986) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading roles in the Korean drama, television dramas ''Prince Hours'' and ''Single Dad in Love''.
Career
Heo Yi-jae began her entertainment career by mode ...
– b. 1987, South Korean actress
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Heo Jun
Heo Jun (허준, 1539 – 9 October 1615) was a Korean physician. He was the royal chief physician of '' Naeuiwon'' during the reign of King Seonjo and King Gwanghae of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea.
Biography
Heo Jun was born in 1539 to an affl ...
– b. 1988, South Korean foil fencer
* M. J. Hur – b. 1989, South Korean golfer
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Heo Sol-ji
Heo Sol-ji (Hangul: 허솔지; born January 10, 1989), known mononymously as Solji, is a South Korean singer. She was a member of the ballad duo group 2NB from 2006 to 2010. She later became a vocal trainer before joining EXID in July 2012 as th ...
– b. 1989, South Korean singer and member of girl group
EXID
EXID (; ; short for "Exceed in Dreaming") is a South Korean girl group formed in 2012. The group currently consists of five members: Solji, Elly, Hani, Hyelin and Jeonghwa. EXID debuted in February 2012, with the single "Whoz That Girl". Tho ...
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Heo Ga-yoon
Heo Ga-yoon (born May 18, 1990), better known by the mononym Gayoon, is a South Korean actress and singer. She is a former member of South Korean girl group 4Minute and its sub-group 2Yoon.
Biography Early life and education
Heo was born on M ...
– b. 1990, South Korean singer and member of girl group
4Minute
4Minute (, often stylized as 4MINUTE) was a South Korean girl group formed in 2009 by Cube Entertainment. The members of the group were Son Ji-hyun, Nam Ji-hyun, Heo Ga-yoon, Jeon Ji-yoon, Hyuna, Kim Hyuna and Kwon So-hyun. The group was known ...
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John Huh
John Huh (; ko, 허찬수, translit=Heo Chan-su; born May 21, 1990) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. His sole victory on the PGA Tour came at the 2012 Mayakoba Golf Classic.
Amateur career
Huh was born in New York ...
– b. 1990, American golfer
* Heo Seung — b. 1991, South Korean rapper
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Huh Chan-mi
Huh Chan-mi (; born April 6, 1992), is a South Korean singer. Huh made her debut in 2010 as a member of a South Korean co-ed group Coed School. She was also a member of Coed School's female unit F-ve Dolls from 2011 until her departure from th ...
– b. 1992, South Korean singer, former member of co-ed group Co-Ed School and girl group
F-ve Dolls
F-ve Dolls ( ko, 파이브돌스; sometimes stylized as F-VE DOLLS, formerly known as 5dolls) was a South Korean girl group formed by Core Contents Media in 2011. The group was composed of six members: Hyoyoung, Seunghee, Yeonkyung, Hyewon, Eunk ...
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Heo Ung
Heo Ung (born August 5, 1993) is a South Korean professional basketball player. He plays for Jeonju KCC Egis in the Korean Basketball League and the South Korean national team.
Early life
Heo only began focusing on basketball in middle sch ...
– b. 1993, South Korean basketball player
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Heo Young-ji
Heo Young-ji (born August 30, 1994), better known mononymously as Youngji, is a South Korean singer, dancer, entertainer and television personality. She is best known as a member of girl group Kara after winning the TV show ''Kara Project'' in ...
– b. 1994, member of South Korean girl group
Kara
Kara or KARA may refer to:
Geography Localities
* Kara, Chad, a sub-prefecture
* Kára, Hungary, a village
* Kara, Uttar Pradesh, India, a township
* Kara, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province
* Kara, Republic of Dagestan, a rural locality in Da ...
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Heo Hoon
Heo Hoon (born 16 August 1995) is a South Korean professional basketball player. He currently plays for Suwon KT Sonicboom in the Korean Basketball League and the South Korean national team.
Early life
Heo enjoyed playing various sports from ...
– b. 1995, South Korean professional basketball player
* Hur Hyun-jun – b. 2000, South Korean singer and actor, former member of boy group
The Boyz
Boyz or The Boyz may refer to:
Music Bands
* The Boyz (German band), a German boy band of the 1990s
*The Boyz (American band), an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, established in 1975
*The Boyz (South Korean band), a South Korean ...
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Heo Jung-eun
Heo Jung-eun (; born September 14, 2007) is a South Korean actress. She first drew public attention with her performances in hit dramas, '' My Lawyer, Mr. Jo'' (2016) and ''Love in the Moonlight'' (2016). At age nine, she took on her first leadin ...
– b. 2007, South Korean actress
See also
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List of Korean family names
This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order. Note: (S) denotes South Korea. (N) denotes North Korea.
The most common Korean family name (particularly in South Korea) is Kim, followed by Lee and Park. These three family name ...