Choi (Korean surname)

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Choi (Korean: Script error: No such module "Lang".; Hanja: Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler) is a Korean family surname. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were around 2.3 million people by this name in South Korea or roughly 4.7% of the population.[1] In English-speaking countries, it is most often anglicized as Choi, and sometimes also Chey, Choe or Chwe. Ethnic Koreans in the former USSR prefer the form Tsoi (Tsoy) especially as a transcription of the Cyrillic Цой.

Origin

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  • According to Samguk Sagi, the Gyeongju clan originates from chief Sobeoldori (Script error: No such module "Lang".; Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler) of Goheochon (Script error: No such module "Lang".; Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler), one of six villages that united to found Silla; The Gyeongju clan traces their origin back to Choi Chiwon (857–10th century), a noted Korean scholar, philosopher, and poet of the late Unified Silla period (668–935).
  • One theory of origin suggests that Haeju clan's progenitor Ch'oe Ch'ung (984–1068) was given the surname Script error: No such module "Lang". during the reign of Goryeo king Mokjong.
  • The progenitor of the Chungju clan is General Choi Seung (Script error: No such module "Lang".; Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler), also known as Choi Woo (Script error: No such module "Lang".; Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler), of Silla (known as Cui Sheng in the Tang dynasty)
  • The progenitor of the Nangju clan is Choi Heun (Script error: No such module "Lang".; Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler) of Silla who was a native of Yeongam (Nangju) of the southern Jeolla region.
  • Choi Ri (Script error: No such module "Lang".; Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler), who was known as the leader of the Kingdom of Nakrang

Clans

There are roughly 160 clans of Chois.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Most of these are quite small. However, Choi is the 4th most common surname in Korea. The largest by far is the Gyeongju Choi clan, with a 2000 South Korean population of 976,820. The Gyeongju Choe claim the Silla scholar Ch'oe Ch'i-wŏn as their founder.[2]

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Haeju Choi clan family seal

Etymology and Pronunciation

Choi is written with the Hanja character Script error: No such module "Lang"., meaning "a governor who oversees the land and the mountain".

In Korean, Script error: No such module "Lang". is usually pronounced Script error: No such module "IPA". "Chwe" or “Chey” except by some older speakers who pronounce it Script error: No such module "IPA". (this vowel sound is similar to the German ö [ø]). In Spanish, it is most often pronounced Template:IPAc-en "Choy", which sounds clearly different to its proper pronunciation but some go by “Chey”.

Prominent people of the past

Prominent people today

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See also

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