Korean Surnames
서
徐
How it's spelled in English
- Seo(official)
- Suh
- Su
Usual hanja
徐 — slowly, calmly
Well-known clans (bongwan)
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A bongwan is the ancestral home of a clan — two Kims from different bongwan are different families.
Population
- 서(徐) 751,704 people, 1.5% of the population
Statistics Korea, 2015 Population and Housing Census
About it
Suh was the common spelling for older generations; younger people mostly use Seo.