Mo | |
Hangul | 모 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Mo |
McCune–Reischauer | Mo |
Mo (모) is an uncommon Korean surname. It originated from either of two hanja (牟 or 毛), which are also used respectively to write the Chinese surnames Móu or Máo. The 2000 South Korean census found a total of 19,834 people and 6,110 households with these surnames.[3] The surname is spelled Mo in all standard methods of romanizing the Korean language. In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, all the applicants spelled this surname as Mo.[4] The alternative spelling Moh is occasionally seen.
Bori Mo (보리 모; 牟; lit. "barley"), also called so uneun sori Mo (소 우는 소리 모; 牟; lit. "the sound that a cow makes"), is the more common of the two hanja used to write the surname Mo. This character was originally used to write a Chinese surname now pronounced Móu in Mandarin. In 1960 it was the 92nd-most common surname in South Korea, falling to 93rd by 1985.[1] The 2000 South Korean census found 18,955 people with this family name, and 5,838 households.[3] The surviving bon-gwan (origin of a clan lineages, not necessarily the current residence of clan members) at that time included:
Teoreok Mo (터럭 모; 毛; lit. "hair") is the less common of the two hanja used to write the surname Mo. This character was originally used to write a Chinese surname now pronounced Máo in Mandarin. In 1960 it was the 146th-most common surname in South Korea, falling to 164th by 1985.[2] The 2000 South Korean census found 879 people with this family name, and 272 households.[3] The surviving bon-gwan at that time included:
People with this surname include: