Korean Surnames
최
崔
How it's spelled in English
- Choe(official)
- Choi
Usual hanja
崔 — lofty, towering
Well-known clans (bongwan)
경주 최씨 · 전주 최씨
A bongwan is the ancestral home of a clan — two Kims from different bongwan are different families.
Population
- 최(崔) 2,333,927 people, 4.7% of the population
Statistics Korea, 2015 Population and Housing Census
About it
Written Choe in the official system, but Choi is the near-universal passport spelling.