Mo | |
Hangul | 모 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Mo |
McCune–Reischauer | Mo |
Mo (모) is an uncommon Korean surname. It originated from either of two hanja (牟 or 毛), which are also used respectively to write the Chinese surnames Móu or Máo. The 2000 South Korean census found a total of 19,834 people and 6,110 households with these surnames.[3] The surname is spelled Mo in all standard methods of romanizing the Korean language. In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, all the applicants spelled this surname as Mo.[4] The alternative spelling Moh is occasionally seen.
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