In a study by the
National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for
South Korean passports, it was found that 50.6% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Ju in their passports, and another 46.9% spelled it as Joo. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 2.4%) included Chu and Choo.[3]
People with these family names include:
Chu Sang-song (born 1933), North Korean politician, former Minister of People's Security
There are 56 hanja with the reading "ju" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are listed in the table at right.[4] One name containing this syllable,
Eun-ju, was the sixth-most popular name for newborn South Korean girls in 1970.[5]
People with the single syllable given name Ju include:
Joo (singer), stage name of Jung Min-joo (born 1990), South Korean solo singer, and older sister of
Jung Il-hoon (former member of South Korean boy band
BtoB)
^"성씨인구분포데이터" [Family name population and distribution data]. South Korea: National Statistics Office. Archived from
the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
^성씨 로마자 표기 방안: 마련을 위한 토론회 [Plan for romanisation of surnames: a preparatory discussion]. National Institute of the Korean Language. 25 June 2009. p. 61. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
^"인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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