Yoo (Korean name)
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Yoo is a common Korean family name. As of 2000, there were about 1.04 million people by this name living 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...

, making up roughly 2% of that country's population.

The surname "Yoo" can represent any of four hanja
Hanja
Hanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...

: 柳, 劉, 兪, and 庾. Of these the most common is 柳, with more than 600,000 holders in South Korea, whereas 兪 accounts for about 0.4 percent of the population at best.

Only the character 柳 is commonly pronounced Ryu or Ryoo (류). (see Munhwa Ryoo)

Notable clans
Bon-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...

 include the Munhwa Ryoo and the Pungsan Ryoo.

Historic

  • Ryoo Cha-dal
  • Yoo Chang, founder of the "Myogeumdo" Yoos (sometimes known as the "Gangneung
    Gangneung
    Gangneung is a city in Gangwon-do, on the east coast of South Korea. It has a population of 229,869 . Gangneung is the economic centre of the Yeongdong region of eastern Gangwon Province. Gangneung has many tourist attractions, like Jeongdongjin, one of the most famous towns in Korea...

     Yoo clan"), who was among the founders of the Joseon Dynasty
    Joseon Dynasty
    Joseon , 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...

    .
  • Yu Seong-won
    Yu Seong-won
    Yu Seong-won was a scholar-official of the early Joseon Dynasty, who is remembered as one of the six murdered ministers. He was born to a yangban family of the Munhwa Ryu lineage, but his date of birth is not known....

  • Yu Deuk-gong
    Yu Deuk-gong
    Yu Deuk-gong was a Korean scholar during the Joseon Dynasty. He is remembered today for his work in recovering the history of Balhae, which had not generally been considered part of Korean history before his time.-See also:*History of Korea...

  • Yu Seong-ryong
    Yu Seong-ryong
    Yu Seong-ryong , also often spelled Ryu Seong-ryong, was a scholar-official and Prime minister of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea...

  • Yu Gwan-sun
    Yu Gwan-sun
    Ryu, Gwan-Sun was a student and organizer in what would come to be known as the March 1st Movement against the Japanese colonial rule of Korea in South Chungcheong. In 1919, Yu, Kwan-Sun was a student at Ewha Womans University's high school in Seoul, where she witnessed the beginnings of the March...

  • Il-han New
  • Yu Kil-chun
    Yu Kil-chun
    Yu Kil-chun was a Korean reformist and politician of Korea's late Joseon Dynasty.Born in Seoul, Yu went to Meiji Japan in 1881 to study at Keio University, returning the following year to Korea...

    , of the Gigye Yoo clan originally from Pohang
    Pohang
    Pohang is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, and a main seaport in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region. The built-up area of Pohang is located on the alluvium of the mouth of the Hyeongsan River...


Modern

  • Yoo Chae-yeong
    Yoo Chae-yeong
    Yoo Chae-yeong is a South Korean singer and actress. She debuted at the age of 17 and was a former member K-Pop group Cool. Because she sported a shaved head, the group received much attention from the media. After their first album, Yoo Chae-yeong was replaced by Yuri as the vocalist. Emotion was...

    , (born 1977) an actress and singer
  • Yoo Chang-hyun, (born 1995) a member of Teen Top
  • Yoo Dong-geun, an actor
  • Yoo Jae-Seok, a TV presenter, the Host-in-chief of Muhan Dojeon
    Infinite Challenge
    Infinite Challenge is a Korean television entertainment program, distributed and syndicated by MBC. As of June and July 2009, it still has the largest market share for its timeslot, between 13.8 percent and 19.7 percent of Korean television viewers watched Muhan Dojeon at 6:40 PM every Saturday...

  • Yoo Ji-tae, an actor and director
  • Yoo Yong-sung
    Yoo Yong-sung
    Yoo Yong-sung is a male badminton player from South Korea.Yoo competed for Korea in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Lee Dong-soo. They defeated José Antonio Crespo and Sergio Llopis of Spain in the first round and Luluk Hadiyanto and Alvent Yulianto of...

    , a badminton player
  • Yoo Young-jin
    Yoo Young-jin
    Yoo Young-jin is a singer-songwriter and producer for various SM Entertainment artists. He has composed and written songs for H.O.T., S.E.S, BoA, Shinhwa, TVXQ, The Grace, Super Junior, Girls' Generation, Shinee and F....

    , a songwriter
  • Yoo Sang-Chul
    Yoo Sang-Chul
    Yoo Sang-Chul is a South Korean football manager and former football player. He is currently the manager of K-League team Daejeon Citizen.- Profile :*Weight: 78 kg*First Int'l Cap: USA...

    , a soccer player
  • Yoo Seung-ho, an actor
  • Yoo Soo-Young (also known as "Shoo"), singer and actress

  • Ryoo Soo-young (stage name), an actor
  • Ryoo Ryong
    Ryoo Ryong
    Ryoo Ryong is a professor of chemistry at KAIST in Daejeon, South Korea. He is the head of the Center for Functional Nanomaterials. Ryoo has won a variety of awards, including the Top Scientist Award given by the South Korean government in 2005...

    , a scientist
  • Ryu Hwayoung
    Ryu Hwayoung
    Ryu Hwayoung is a South Korean idol singer and a member of girl group T-ara.- Biography :Hwayoung was born on 22 April 1993. Her twin sister Ryu Hyoyoung is a member of Coed School and 5dolls, with a minute's difference between them...

    , a member of T-ara
    T-ara
    T-ara is a South Korean girl group formed by Core Contents Media in 2009. Before their debut, there was a high level of interest in the group as they were called "Super Rookies" and had been training for three years prior to debut....

  • Ryu Hyoyoung, a member of Co-Ed School
  • Ryu Shikun
    Ryu Shikun
    Ryu Shikun in Seoul, South Korea, is a professional Go player.- Biography :Ryu Shikun is a Go player who grew up in Seoul. He did not move to Japan until he was 15, and just 2 years later he turned professional. He was promoted to 9 dan in 2003.- Titles & runners-up :-External Links:**...

    , a professional Go player
  • Ryu Shi-won
    Ryu Shi-won
    Ryu Shi-won is a South Korean actor and singer. After he made his debut in the KBS drama Feeling in 1994, Ryu pursued a singing career....

    , an actor and singer
  • Ryu Jin
    Ryu Jin
    Ryu Jin is a South Korean actor.-Profile:*Name: 류진 / Ryu Jin*Birth Name: Im Yu Jin*Date of Birth: November 16, 1972*Height: 185 cm*Weight: 75 kg*Marital Status: Married to airline worker Lee Hye Sun- TV dramas :...

     (stage name), an actor
  • Ryu Deok-hwan, an actor
  • Ryu Seung-Min, a professional table tennis player
  • Rhyu Si-min
    Rhyu Si-min
    Rhyu Si-min is a South Korean politician who served as the 44th Minister of Health and Welfare from February 2006 to May 2007. Before starting his political career since August 2002, he was a journalist of Dong-a Ilbo and The Hankyoreh, with having his continuous progressive and liberal attitudes...

    , 2007 presidential candidate
    South Korean presidential election, 2007
    The 17th South Korean presidential election took place on 19 December 2007. The election was won by Lee Myung-bak of the Grand National Party, returning conservatives to the Blue House for the first time in ten years...

     of the UNDP Primary
  • Jae Kuk Ryu, a professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays

  • John Yoo
    John Yoo
    John Choon Yoo is an American attorney, law professor, and author. As a former official in the United States Department of Justice during the George W...

    , a professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall), best known for his work from 2001 to 2003 in the United States Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel
  • Aaron Yoo
    Aaron Yoo
    -Personal life:Aaron Yoo was born in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey to Korean parents. He has an older sister. He played the cello for the East Brunswick High School orchestra and ran track...

    , Korean-American actor
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