Suncheon Do clan () is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in

Suncheon Suncheon () (''Suncheon-si'') is a city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. It is a scenic agricultural and industrial city of around 250,000 people near Suncheon Bay. It is located in the southeastern corner of Jeollanam-do, just over an hour ...

, South Jeolla Province. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Suncheon Do clan's member was 829. Do clan was a clan came from Taotang () in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. Their founder was who worked as a Jinshi () in Yuan dynasty and entered Goryeo as a fatherly master of Princess Jeguk who had a marriage to an ordinary person planned by

Chungnyeol of Goryeo Chungnyeol of Goryeo (3 April 1236 – 30 July 1308) was the 25th ruler of the medieval Korean kingdom of Goryeo from 1274 to 1308. He was the son of Wonjong, his predecessor on the throne. Chungnyeol was king during the Mongol Invasions of Jap ...

in Goryeo. Then, was settled in Suncheon and founded Suncheon Do clan.{{Cite journal , author=Jin Guanglin , author-link=:ja:金光林 (歴史学者) , date=2014 , title=A Comparison of the Korean and Japanese Approaches to Foreign Family Names , journal=Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia , volume=5 , via= Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia , url=http://www.sciea.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/03_JIN.pdf , page=21

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Korean clans of Chinese origin Do clans

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