Heo
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Heo is a family name
in Korea
. It is also often spelled as Hur or Huh, or less commonly as Hue or Her. In South Korea
in 1985, out of a population of between roughly 40 and 45 million, there were approximately 264,000 people surnamed Heo. The name is also found in North Korea
. The character used for the name (許) means to permit or advocate.
The Heos traditionally trace their ancestry to Queen Heo Hwang-ok
, the wife of King Suro of Geumgwan Gaya
, one of ancient kingdoms in Korea. She bore ten sons, two of whom retained the Queen's name. The Heos are traditionally considered distant kins of the Kims
, who trace their ancestry to the other sons of King Suro.
, including the Gimhae clan and the Yangchon clan. Each clan consists of individual Heo families. Even within each clan, people in different families are not necessarily related to each other. These distinctions are important, since Korean law used to prohibit intermarriage in the same clan, no matter how remote the relationship; now, however, only those in a relationship of second cousins or closer may not marry.
As with other Korean family names, the Heo clans are distinguished by the place from which they claim to originate.
Korean name
A Korean name consists of a family name followed by a given name, as used by the Korean people in both North Korea and South Korea. In the Korean language, 'ireum' or 'seong-myeong' usually refers to the family name and given name together...
in Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
. It is also often spelled as Hur or Huh, or less commonly as Hue or Her. In South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
in 1985, out of a population of between roughly 40 and 45 million, there were approximately 264,000 people surnamed Heo. The name is also found in North Korea
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...
. The character used for the name (許) means to permit or advocate.
The Heos traditionally trace their ancestry to Queen Heo Hwang-ok
Heo Hwang-ok
Heo Hwang-ok was a princess who travelled from the ancient kingdom of Ayodhya to Korea. Information about her comes almost entirely from a few short passages in the Samguk Yusa, an 11th-century Korean chronicle. According to that chronicle, she arrived on a boat and married King Suro of Gaya in...
, the wife of King Suro of Geumgwan Gaya
Geumgwan Gaya
Geumgwan Gaya , also known as Bon-Gaya or Garakguk , was the ruling city-state of the Gaya confederacy during the Three Kingdoms Period in Korea. It is believed to have been located around the modern-day city of Gimhae, Southern Gyeongsang province, near the mouth of the Nakdong River...
, one of ancient kingdoms in Korea. She bore ten sons, two of whom retained the Queen's name. The Heos are traditionally considered distant kins of the Kims
Kim (Korean name)
Kim, sometimes spelled Gim, is the most common family name in Korea. The name is common in both modern-day North Korea and South Korea. The hanja used for the name means "gold," and although the character is usually pronounced 금 geum, it is pronounced 김 gim when used for the family name and...
, who trace their ancestry to the other sons of King Suro.
Clans
As with most other Korean family names, there are many Heo clansBon-gwan
Bon-gwan is the concept of clan in Korea, which is used to distinguish clans that happen to share a same family name . Since Korea has been traditionally a Buddhist country this clan system is cognate with Gotra in Sanskrit texts and shares most features...
, including the Gimhae clan and the Yangchon clan. Each clan consists of individual Heo families. Even within each clan, people in different families are not necessarily related to each other. These distinctions are important, since Korean law used to prohibit intermarriage in the same clan, no matter how remote the relationship; now, however, only those in a relationship of second cousins or closer may not marry.
As with other Korean family names, the Heo clans are distinguished by the place from which they claim to originate.
- Yangcheon clan
- Hayang clan
- GimhaeGimhaeGimhae, also commonly spelled Kimhae, is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Gimhae is known to locals as "The Paris of Gyeongsangnamdo." It is the seat of the large Gimhae Kim clan, one of the largest Kim clans in Korea...
clan - Taein clan
- Hamchang clan
- SuwonSuwonSuwon is the provincial capital of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. A major city of over a million inhabitants, Suwon lies approximately south of Seoul. It is traditionally known as "The City of Filial Piety"....
clan - YangjuYangjuYangju is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Yangju is located south of Dongducheon and north of Uijeongbu not far from Seoul.- Attractions:...
clan
People with the surname
- Heo Hwang-okHeo Hwang-okHeo Hwang-ok was a princess who travelled from the ancient kingdom of Ayodhya to Korea. Information about her comes almost entirely from a few short passages in the Samguk Yusa, an 11th-century Korean chronicle. According to that chronicle, she arrived on a boat and married King Suro of Gaya in...
- Queen of Geumgwan GayaGeumgwan GayaGeumgwan Gaya , also known as Bon-Gaya or Garakguk , was the ruling city-state of the Gaya confederacy during the Three Kingdoms Period in Korea. It is believed to have been located around the modern-day city of Gimhae, Southern Gyeongsang province, near the mouth of the Nakdong River...
, clan ancestress - Heo JunHeo JunHeo Jun was a court physician of the Yangcheon Heo clan during the reign of King Seonjo of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea. He was appointed as a court physician at the age of 29. He wrote a number of medical texts, but his most significant achievement is Dongui bogam, which is often noted as the...
- b. 1546 JoseonJoseon DynastyJoseon , was a Korean state founded by Taejo Yi Seong-gye that lasted for approximately five centuries. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo at what is today the city of Kaesong. Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul...
-era court physician - Heo NanseolheonHeo Nanseolheon- Additional Resources :Choe-Wall, Yang-hi. Vision of a Phoenix: the Poems of Hŏ Nansŏrhŏn.Kim, Jaihiun Joyce. Classical Korean Poetry.Kim-Renaud, Young-Key. Creative Women of Korea: the Fifteenth through the Twentieth Centuries....
- b. 1563, female poet, artist - Heo GyunHeo GyunHeo Gyun was a prominent Korean politician, scholar, and writer of the Joseon dynasty. He was born of a noble family and passed the nation's highest civil services exams in 1594...
- b. 1569, writer of the Tale of Hong Gildong - Heo JeongHeo JeongHeo Jeong was a Korean politician and independence activist. Heo was the sixth prime minister of South Korea during the Second Republic. He was also an acting prime minister during the First Republic...
- b. 1896, 6th Prime Minister of South KoreaPrime Minister of South KoreaThe Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea is appointed by the President with the National Assembly's approval. Unlike prime ministers in the parliamentary system, the Prime Minister of South Korea is not required to be a member of parliament.... - Heo Jun-Gu - b. 1923, co-founder of LG Corp.
- Heo Jang-kangHeo Jang-kangHeo Jang-gang was South Korean actor. He was also the father of actor, Heo Jun-ho and was one of representative actors in the 1960s and 1970s. He mainly took characteristic supporting roles such as villains or comical characters...
- b. 1925, South Korean actor - Heo Seung-PyoHeo Seung-PyoHuh Seung-Pyo is a former South Korean footballer, enterpreneur and football director.In 1973, he trained in Coventry City F.C..His brother is Huh Chang-Soo who is the chairman of FC Seoul. He is the chief director of Korean Football Institute and the chairman of Purple Works.-References:...
- b. 1946, former South Korean footballer - Huh Kyung-youngHuh Kyung-youngHuh Kyung-young is a South Korean politician, chief of the Democratic Republican Party , and singer.On Aug 15, The Liberation Day of Korea, he has released his first digital single Call Me.-External links:...
- b. 1947, South Korean politician, chief of the Democratic Republican Party - Huh Young-manHuh Young-manHuh Young-man is a South Korean manhwa artist.-Early life:Huh Young-man was born Heo Hyeong-man in nowadays Yeosu, a far southern coastal city of South Jeolla province, South Korea in 1947. Huh was the third child of the eight children to father Heo Jong and mother Park Ok-jeong...
- b. 1947, South Korean manhwaManhwaManhwa is the general Korean term for comics and print cartoons . Outside of Korea, the term usually refers specifically to South Korean comics. The term, along with manga, is a cognate of the Chinese manhua...
(Korean comics) artist - Huh Chang-Soo - b. 1948, Chairman of GS GroupGS GroupGS Group is a Korean conglomerate. GS comprises GS Holdings and subsidiaries & affiliates including GS Caltex, GS Retail, GS Shop, GS EPS, GS Global, GS Sports and GS E&C among others. The asset size is at 31.1 trillion KRW as the end of 2007 placing GS at the 6th largest in Korea excluding the...
and FC SeoulFC SeoulFC Seoul is a South Korean professional football club based in Seoul, South Korea, that plays in the K-League. It is currently owned by GS Sports, a subsidiary of GS Group.... - Heo Nam-sik - b. 1949, mayor of BusanBusanBusan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world...
- Huh Joon-Young - b. 1952, CEO of KorailKorailKorea Railroad Corporation , promoted as Korail , is the national railroad operator in South Korea.Korail operates passenger and freight trains throughout South Korea...
and Chairman of Incheon Korail FC - Huh Jung-MooHuh Jung-MooHuh Jung-Moo is a former Korean football player and currently manages Incheon United.-Football career:Huh played for PSV Eindhoven and Hyundai Horang-i as midfielder...
- b. 1955, former footballer, former manager of South Korean national football team, current manager of Incheon United F.C. - Heo Jin-hoHeo Jin-hoHeo Jin-ho , born on August 8, 1963, is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He is a graduate of Yonsei University with a degree in philosophy and has also studied filmmaking at the Korean Academy of Film Arts...
- b. 1963, South Korean film director - Young Soon HueYoung Soon HueYoung Soon Hue is a contemporary ballet choreographer. She was born in South Korea and trained in South Korea and France. She began her professional career at Frankfurt Ballet, Germany, under the direction of William Forsythe and continued in Switzerland with Zurich Ballet and as soloist at Basel...
- b. 1963, South Korean ballet choreographer - Heo Joon-ho - b. 1965, South Korean actor
- Hur JaeHur JaeHur Jae is a South Korean basketball player who competed from the late 1980s to the mid 2000s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he took the Athlete's Oath with team handball player Shon Mi-Na....
- b. 1965, former basketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player - Huh Yong-MoHuh Yong-MoHuh Yong-Mo is a retired South Korean amateur boxer.-Career:He won a Light Flyweight bronze medal at the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships....
- b. 1965, former South Korean amateur boxer - Aram HurAram HurAram Hur is a South Korean teacher, educator, publisher, lecturer, and social activist.- Biography :Aram Hur was born in Miryang, South Korea on March 4, 1971, and grew up in Busan...
- b. 1971, South Korean educator - Hur Seung-WookHur Seung-WookHur Seung-Wook, born 25 April 1972 in Suwon, is a South Korean alpine skier who competed at five consecutive Winter Olympics from 1988 to 2002.He is the second Korean, after shooter Lee Eun-chul, to compete at five Olympics.-External links:*...
- b. 1972, South Korean alpine skier - Hur Suk-ho - 1973, South Korean professional golfer
- Huh Young-SookHuh Young-SookHuh Young-Sook is a female South Korean handball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics....
- b. 1975, female South Korean handball player - Huh Soon-YoungHuh Soon-YoungHuh Soon-Young is a female South Korean handball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympics, and in the 2004 Summer Olympics....
- b. 1975, South Korean women's handballTeam handballHandball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
player - Heo Jae-Won - b. 1984, South Korean football player
- Heo Young-hoHeo Young-ho-Career record:*2006: 58 wins, 25 losses*2007: 64 wins, 24 losses*2008: 33 wins, 18 losses*2009: 35 wins, 18 losses*2010: 66 wins, 20 losses-Titles and runners-up:-Korean Baduk League:-External Links:**...
- b. 1986, professional Go player - Heo Yi JaeHeo Yi JaeHeo Yi Jae is a South Korean actress from Dongguk University. She was previously nicknamed "Little Kim Tae Hee" due to her similar resemblance to the popular actress. In 2008, Heo Yi Jae transferred from Boundaries of Forest to her new label, YG Entertainment...
- b. 1987, South Korean actress - M. J. Hur - b. 1989, South Korean female professional golfer
- Heo GayoonGayoonGayoon is a South Korean idol singer and dancer and a member of a popular Korean girl group 4Minute, formed by Cube Entertainment in 2009.- Biography :Heo Gayoon was born on May 18, 1990 in Seoul, South Korea...
- b. 1990, member of South Korean girl group 4Minute4minute4Minute is a popular South Korean girl group founded by Cube Entertainment in 2009. The group consists of Nam Jihyun , Heo Gayoon, Jeon Jiyoon, Kim Hyuna and Kwon SoHyun. The girls released their first single on June 15, 2009 and made their debut stage last June 18, 2009 on Mnet M! Countdown... - Heo Chanmi - b. 1992, member of South Korean group Coed SchoolCoed SchoolCoed School is a South Korean 11-member dance/pop group established by Core Contents Media in 2010, consisting of 6 male and 5 female members: Soomi, Kwangheng, Yoosung, Taewoon, Kangho, Chanmi, Noori, Hyoyoung, Hyewon, Sungmin and on December Eunkyo was added but debuted in 5Dolls sub group...
- Heo Young SaengHeo Young SaengHeo Young Saeng was born on 3 November 1986. He is a South Korean entertainer and main/lead vocalist of boyband SS501. He debut as a solo artist in May 2011 with mini album Let It Go and made his musical debut in The Three Musketeers in November 2011 as D'Artagnan.-2005: Debut:Heo is a former...
- South Korean singer (SS501) - Her In-Young - South Korean actress
- Huh Heon - President of Korea UniversityKorea UniversityKorea University is a prestigious nonsectarian, private research university located primarily in Seoul, South Korea, and one of the SKY universities, a historical acronym used in South Korea to refer to Seoul National University, Korea University, and Yonsei University. Founded by Lee Yong-ik in...
from 1923 - 1925
See also
- List of Korean family names
- Korean nameKorean nameA Korean name consists of a family name followed by a given name, as used by the Korean people in both North Korea and South Korea. In the Korean language, 'ireum' or 'seong-myeong' usually refers to the family name and given name together...
- Korean culture
- List of Korea-related topics
- Xu (surname), a Chinese surname written with the same character