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{{short description|Korean family name (육)}}
{{about|the Korean surname|the fictional people from a Dr. Seuss book|The Butter Battle Book}}
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'''Yook''', also spelled '''Yuk''' or '''Youk''', is an uncommon [[Korean family name]]. It is written with the same [[Hanja]] character as the [[Chinese surname]], [[Lu (surname 陸)|Lu (陸)]]. It has only one [[Bon-gwan|clan]], the [[Okcheon Yook clan]], based in [[Okcheon County]], [[North Chungcheong Province]]. According to the 2015 South Korean census, there were 23,455 people with the surname, Yook.<ref name="Census2015">{{cite web|url=http://www.kostat.go.kr/portal/korea/kor_nw/1/1/index.board?bmode=read&aSeq=356061|title=2015년 인구주택총조사 전수집계결과 보도자료|trans-title=Results of the 2015 Census of Population and Housing survey|publisher=Korean Statistical Information Service|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref>

==Origin==
In 927, during the reign of [[Gyeongsun of Silla|King Gyeongsun]] of [[Silla]], Yook Bo ({{Ko-hhrm|hangul=육보|hanja=陸普}}) was sent by the [[Tang dynasty]] to Korea to spread [[Confucianism]]. Yook Bo was from China's [[Zhejiang Province]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Academy of Korean Studies 옥천육씨 沃川陸氏|publisher=[[Academy of Korean Studies]]|url=http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2589718&cid=51933&categoryId=54359&mobile}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=육 |url=http://www.doopedia.co.kr/doopedia/master/master.do?_method=view&MAS_IDX=101013000855372 |website=www.doopedia.co.kr |access-date=26 April 2020 |language=ko}}</ref> Yook Bo settled in Korea, and was buried in Gwanseong, the old name for Okcheon.<ref>{{cite web |title=(139)옥천 육씨 |url=https://news.joins.com/article/1994713 |website=중앙일보 |language=ko |date=11 May 1985}}</ref> Hence, the [[bon-gwan]] is located in Okcheon.

==Notable People==
* [[Yuk Young-soo]] (born 1925), wife of South Korea's 3rd president, [[Park Chung-hee]] and mother of the 11th president, [[Park Geun-hye]]
* [[Yook Sung-jae]] (born 1995), South Korean singer and actor, member of [[BtoB (band)|BtoB]]
* [[Yuk Ji-dam]] (born 1997), South Korean rapper

==See also==
*[[Culture of Korea]]
*[[Korean name]]
*[[List of Korean family names]]
* [[Okcheon Yook clan]]

==References==
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[[Category:Korean-language surnames|Yook]]
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