Korean Surnames
허
許
How it's spelled in English
- Heo(official)
- Hur
- Huh
Usual hanja
許 — to permit
Well-known clans (bongwan)
김해 허씨 · 양천 허씨
A bongwan is the ancestral home of a clan — two Kims from different bongwan are different families.
Population
- 허(許) 326,770 people, 0.7% of the population
Statistics Korea, 2015 Population and Housing Census
About it
Heo Jun, author of the medical classic Donguibogam, was a Heo of Yangcheon.