Korean Surnames
조
趙
How it's spelled in English
- Jo(official)
- Cho
Usual hanja
趙 — the name of an ancient state
Well-known clans (bongwan)
한양 조씨 · 풍양 조씨
A bongwan is the ancestral home of a clan — two Kims from different bongwan are different families.
Population
- 조(趙) 1,055,567 people, 2.1% of the population
Statistics Korea, 2015 Population and Housing Census
About it
Cho and Jo are both common; Korean spells the same sound either way in English.