Jung is a
Latin alphabet rendition of the
Korean family name "정", also often spelled Jeong, Chung, Joung or Jong. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 2,407,601 people by this name in
South Korea or 4.84% of the population.[1] The
Korean family name "정" is mainly derived from three homophonous
hanja.
鄭 (2,151,879),
丁 (243,803) and
程 (11,683). The rest of the homophonous
hanjas include:
政 (139),
桯 (41),
定 (29),
正 (22) and
情 (5).
Latin-alphabet spelling
In a study by the
National Institute of the Korean Language based on a sample of year 2007 applications for
South Korean passports, it was found that 48.6% of people with this surname chose to have it spelled in Latin letters as Jung in their passports. The
Revised Romanization transcription Jeong was at second place with 37.0%, while Chung came in third at 9.2%. It was the only one out of the top five surnames (the others being Kim, Park, Lee, and Choi) for which the Revised Romanization spelling was used by more than a few percent of applicants.[2]
Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 5.2%) included, in order of decreasing frequency, Joung, Cheong, Chong, Jeoung, Jeung, Choung, Jong, Cheung, Juong, Jeng, Chyung, Jaung, Jueng, and Zheng.[2] The spelling Jong, rare in South Korea, is official in North Korea's modified version of the
McCune–Reischauer transcription system.
Lineages
The Korean family name Jung can be written with any of three homophonous
hanja. Each of those three are broken down into a number of clans, identified by their bon-gwan (clan hometown, not necessarily the actual residence of the clan members), which indicate different
lineages.
Most common (鄭)
鄭 (나라 정 nara jeong) is the most common of the three Jung names. According to
Samguksagi, this character was given to
Jibaekho (지백호) who was the chief of one chiefdom among six chiefdoms as surname by the
King Yuri in early
Silla era. Historically, 鄭 was officially written as Tyeng (뎡) In the 2015 South Korean census, 2,010,117 people (4.16%) and 626,265 households had this family name. These people identified with 136 different bon-gwan (not including those listed as "other" or "unreported" in the census).[1] Some examples of these clans are Dongnae, Gyeongju, Jinju, Yeonil, Hadong, Naju, Chogye, Cheongju and Haeju.
Second-most common (丁)
丁 (고무래 정 gomurae jeong; 장정 정 jangjeong jeong) is the second-most common of the three Jung names. In the 2015 census, 187,975 people (0.47%) and 58,431 households had this family name. These people identified with 23 different bon-gwan, including:[1]
Aphae (押海): 3,335 people and 1,079 households.[1] They claim descent from Jeong Deok-seong (정덕성; 丁德盛;
Pinyin: Dīng Déshèng), who was born in a village called Dingying (丁營) in
Dengzhou, China and came to the Korean peninsula during the reign of
Munjong of Goryeo. Later on, some Jeong clans branched off from them, and became more numerous.[3]
Other or unreported: 13,834 people and 4,131 households.[1]
Least common (程)
程 (한도 정 hando jeong; 길 정 gil jeong) is the least-common of the three Jeong names. In the 2015 census, 32,519 people and 10,220 households had this family name. These people identified with 15 different bon-gwan, including:[1]
Other or unreported: 5,095 people and 1,610 households.[1]
Notable people of the past
The following is a list of notable people of the past with the Korean family name Jung. People should only be included in this list if they have their own Wikipedia articles or if they are discussed in a non-trivial fashion in Wikipedia articles on notable groups or events with which they are associated.
Chong Chung-bu (1106–1179), Goryeo Dynasty soldier and military dictator
Jeong Mong-ju (1337–1392), Goryeo Dynasty minister and writer
The following is a list of notable people in recent history with the Korean family name Jung or any of its variants. Individuals are grouped by area of notability and then ordered by year of birth. Names are presented in the form they are given on the respective articles, which may have the family name first or last, or which may be a stage name or pen name. For the selection rules, see the previous section.
Chung Mong-gyu (born 1961), South Korean businessman and chairman of HDC Group, nephew of Chung Ju-yung
Chung Yong-jin (born 1968), South Korean businessman, vice-chairman and former CEO of
Shinsegae
Chung Eui-sun (born 1970), South Korean businessman and chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, son of Chung Mong-koo
Soo Chung, Jin-Nam Chung and Ki Y. Chung, co-owners of a Washington, D.C. dry-cleaning company, defendants in the so-called "$54 million pants lawsuit" (Pearson v. Chung)
Classical music and dance
Myung-wha Chung (born 1944), South Korean cellist and university professor
Jeong Yoon-soo (born 1971), South Korean film director and scriptwriter
Lee Isaac Chung (born 1978), American film director and screenwriter of Korean descent
Singers
Jung Jae-hyung (born 1970), South Korean singer-songwriter, pianist and film composer
Seo Taiji (born Jeong Hyeon-cheol, 1972), South Korean singer-songwriter, musician and record producer, former member and frontman of boy band
Seo Taiji and Boys
J (born Chung Jae-young, 1977), Korean-American singer
Shin Hye-sung (born Jung Pil-kyo, 1979), South Korean singer-songwriter, member of boy band
Shinhwa
Jung Dong-ha (born Jung Jae-hwan, 1980), South Korean singer, musical actor, radio personality, vocal major professor, and former member of rock band
Boohwal
Rain (born Jung Ji-hoon, 1982), South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, actor and record producer
Jung Yoon-hak (born 1984), South Korean singer, actor and model, member of boy band
Supernova
Hansol Jung, South Korean playwright and translator
Politics and government
Chung Chil-sung (1897–1958), Korean dancer, feminist and independence activist
Chung Il-kwon (1917–1994), South Korean politician, diplomat, and soldier, general in the
Republic of Korea Army and 8th Prime Minister of South Korea (1964–1970)
Chung Eun-yong (1923–2014), South Korean policeman and activist
Chung Won-shik (1928-2020), South Korean politician, educator, soldier and author, 21st Prime Minister of South Korea (1991–1992)
^"압해정씨·나주정씨 등" [Aphae Jeong clan and Naju Jeong clan]. Segye Ilbo. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
Surname list
This page lists people with the
surnameJung. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.
Jung is a
Latin alphabet rendition of the
Korean family name "정", also often spelled Jeong, Chung, Joung or Jong. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 2,407,601 people by this name in
South Korea or 4.84% of the population.[1] The
Korean family name "정" is mainly derived from three homophonous
hanja.
鄭 (2,151,879),
丁 (243,803) and
程 (11,683). The rest of the homophonous
hanjas include:
政 (139),
桯 (41),
定 (29),
正 (22) and
情 (5).
Latin-alphabet spelling
In a study by the
National Institute of the Korean Language based on a sample of year 2007 applications for
South Korean passports, it was found that 48.6% of people with this surname chose to have it spelled in Latin letters as Jung in their passports. The
Revised Romanization transcription Jeong was at second place with 37.0%, while Chung came in third at 9.2%. It was the only one out of the top five surnames (the others being Kim, Park, Lee, and Choi) for which the Revised Romanization spelling was used by more than a few percent of applicants.[2]
Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 5.2%) included, in order of decreasing frequency, Joung, Cheong, Chong, Jeoung, Jeung, Choung, Jong, Cheung, Juong, Jeng, Chyung, Jaung, Jueng, and Zheng.[2] The spelling Jong, rare in South Korea, is official in North Korea's modified version of the
McCune–Reischauer transcription system.
Lineages
The Korean family name Jung can be written with any of three homophonous
hanja. Each of those three are broken down into a number of clans, identified by their bon-gwan (clan hometown, not necessarily the actual residence of the clan members), which indicate different
lineages.
Most common (鄭)
鄭 (나라 정 nara jeong) is the most common of the three Jung names. According to
Samguksagi, this character was given to
Jibaekho (지백호) who was the chief of one chiefdom among six chiefdoms as surname by the
King Yuri in early
Silla era. Historically, 鄭 was officially written as Tyeng (뎡) In the 2015 South Korean census, 2,010,117 people (4.16%) and 626,265 households had this family name. These people identified with 136 different bon-gwan (not including those listed as "other" or "unreported" in the census).[1] Some examples of these clans are Dongnae, Gyeongju, Jinju, Yeonil, Hadong, Naju, Chogye, Cheongju and Haeju.
Second-most common (丁)
丁 (고무래 정 gomurae jeong; 장정 정 jangjeong jeong) is the second-most common of the three Jung names. In the 2015 census, 187,975 people (0.47%) and 58,431 households had this family name. These people identified with 23 different bon-gwan, including:[1]
Aphae (押海): 3,335 people and 1,079 households.[1] They claim descent from Jeong Deok-seong (정덕성; 丁德盛;
Pinyin: Dīng Déshèng), who was born in a village called Dingying (丁營) in
Dengzhou, China and came to the Korean peninsula during the reign of
Munjong of Goryeo. Later on, some Jeong clans branched off from them, and became more numerous.[3]
Other or unreported: 13,834 people and 4,131 households.[1]
Least common (程)
程 (한도 정 hando jeong; 길 정 gil jeong) is the least-common of the three Jeong names. In the 2015 census, 32,519 people and 10,220 households had this family name. These people identified with 15 different bon-gwan, including:[1]
Other or unreported: 5,095 people and 1,610 households.[1]
Notable people of the past
The following is a list of notable people of the past with the Korean family name Jung. People should only be included in this list if they have their own Wikipedia articles or if they are discussed in a non-trivial fashion in Wikipedia articles on notable groups or events with which they are associated.
Chong Chung-bu (1106–1179), Goryeo Dynasty soldier and military dictator
Jeong Mong-ju (1337–1392), Goryeo Dynasty minister and writer
The following is a list of notable people in recent history with the Korean family name Jung or any of its variants. Individuals are grouped by area of notability and then ordered by year of birth. Names are presented in the form they are given on the respective articles, which may have the family name first or last, or which may be a stage name or pen name. For the selection rules, see the previous section.
Chung Mong-gyu (born 1961), South Korean businessman and chairman of HDC Group, nephew of Chung Ju-yung
Chung Yong-jin (born 1968), South Korean businessman, vice-chairman and former CEO of
Shinsegae
Chung Eui-sun (born 1970), South Korean businessman and chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, son of Chung Mong-koo
Soo Chung, Jin-Nam Chung and Ki Y. Chung, co-owners of a Washington, D.C. dry-cleaning company, defendants in the so-called "$54 million pants lawsuit" (Pearson v. Chung)
Classical music and dance
Myung-wha Chung (born 1944), South Korean cellist and university professor
Jeong Yoon-soo (born 1971), South Korean film director and scriptwriter
Lee Isaac Chung (born 1978), American film director and screenwriter of Korean descent
Singers
Jung Jae-hyung (born 1970), South Korean singer-songwriter, pianist and film composer
Seo Taiji (born Jeong Hyeon-cheol, 1972), South Korean singer-songwriter, musician and record producer, former member and frontman of boy band
Seo Taiji and Boys
J (born Chung Jae-young, 1977), Korean-American singer
Shin Hye-sung (born Jung Pil-kyo, 1979), South Korean singer-songwriter, member of boy band
Shinhwa
Jung Dong-ha (born Jung Jae-hwan, 1980), South Korean singer, musical actor, radio personality, vocal major professor, and former member of rock band
Boohwal
Rain (born Jung Ji-hoon, 1982), South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, actor and record producer
Jung Yoon-hak (born 1984), South Korean singer, actor and model, member of boy band
Supernova
Hansol Jung, South Korean playwright and translator
Politics and government
Chung Chil-sung (1897–1958), Korean dancer, feminist and independence activist
Chung Il-kwon (1917–1994), South Korean politician, diplomat, and soldier, general in the
Republic of Korea Army and 8th Prime Minister of South Korea (1964–1970)
Chung Eun-yong (1923–2014), South Korean policeman and activist
Chung Won-shik (1928-2020), South Korean politician, educator, soldier and author, 21st Prime Minister of South Korea (1991–1992)
^"압해정씨·나주정씨 등" [Aphae Jeong clan and Naju Jeong clan]. Segye Ilbo. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
Surname list
This page lists people with the
surnameJung. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.