Ok (Korean name)
Ok (Korean: 옥), sometimes spelled Oak or Ock, is an uncommon Korean family name and a Korean given name.
Family name
The 2000 South Korean census found 22,964 people and 7,288 households with the family name Ok (玉).[1] The surviving bongwan (origin of a clan lineage, not necessarily the actual residence of the clan members) at that time included:
- Uiryeong County, South Gyeongsang Province: 19,368 people and 6,157 households[1]
- Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province: 1,085 people and 345 households[1]
- Kaesong, North Hwanghae Province: 708 people and 232 households[1]
- Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province: 537 people and 174 households[1]
- Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province: 441 people and 145 households[1]
- Uiseong County, North Gyeongsang Province: 467 people and 138 households[1]
- Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province: 197 people and 61 households[1]
- Other or unknown: 161 people and 36 households[1]
In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 84.8% of people with this family name spelled it in Latin letters as Ok in their passports, while another 9.0% spelled it as Ock. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 6.2%) included Oak and Ohk.[2]
People with this family name include:
- Simon Ok Hyun-jin (born 1968), South Korean Roman Catholic priest, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Gwangju
- Ok Ja-yeon (born 1988), South Korean actress
- Ock Joo-hyun (born 1980), South Korean singer, former member of Fin.K.L
- Justine Ok, Korean-American artist and songwriter
- Ok Kwan-bin (died 1933), Korean independence activist
- Ok So-ri (born 1968), South Korean actress
- Ok Taec-yeon (born 1988), South Korean singer, member of boyband 2PM
Given name
People with the given name Ok include:
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 행정구역(구시군)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구 [Family names by administrative region (district, city, county): separated by bongwan, households and individuals]. Korean Statistical Information Service. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ↑ 성씨 로마자 표기 방안: 마련을 위한 토론회 [Plan for romanisation of family names: a preparatory discussion]. National Institute of the Korean Language. 25 June 2009. p. 59. Retrieved 22 October 2015.