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Ko (Korean surname)

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Pronunciation
  
Go, Koh, Goh

Region of origin
  
Korean peninsula

Related names
  
Gao, Cao

Meaning
  
high

Language(s) of origin
  
Korean

Ko (髙|高), also variously romanized Go, Koh, or Goh, is a common Korean family name. As of the 2000 South Korean census, there were 435,000 Kos in South Korea, accounting for just under 1% of the population. Liaoyang (遼陽) based Go (高) family is The Royal of Goguryeo, Northern Yan ruler Gao Yun (高雲), Tang Dynasty general Gao Xianzhi (高仙芝) has Goguryeo origin.

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Go or Goh

  • Go Ah-sung, South Korean actress
  • Go Ara, South Korean actress
  • Go Doo-shim, South Korean actress
  • Go Eun-bi, former member of the South Korean girl group Ladies' Code
  • Go Hui-dong
  • Go Hyun-jung, South Korean actress
  • Go Joo-won, South Korean actor
  • Goh Kun, South Korean politician
  • One L. Goh, suspect in the 2012 Oikos University shooting
  • Go Minsoo (Stage name: Kogyeol), member of South Korean boy group UP10TION
  • Go Soo, South Korean actor
  • Go Seohyun, former member of CLC
  • Go Woori, member of the South Korean girl group Rainbow
  • Go Younha, South Korean singer

    • Ko or Koh

  • Harold Hongju Koh (born 1954), American lawyer and law professor
  • Howard Koh (born 1952), former United States Assistant Secretary for Health
  • Ko Im-pyo (born 1962), South Korean film editor
  • Lydia Ko (born 1997), South Korea-born New Zealand golfer
  • Ko Moo-yeol (born 1990), South Korean footballer
  • Ko So-young, South Korean actress
  • Ko Sung-hyun, South Korean badminton player
  • Ko Sung-kuk, South Korean political scientist
  • Ko Un, South Korean poet
  • Ko Joo-yeon, South Korean actress

    • References

    Ko (Korean surname) Wikipedia
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