As a Korean surname, Seo is the most frequent
romanization, but it may also be romanized as Suh, Surh, Sur, Seoh, So, Su, and Suhr. The surname most commonly represents the
hanja徐. Seo can also be used as a single-syllable
Korean given name or an element in many two-syllable Korean given names.[1] The given name meaning differs based on the
hanja used to write it. There are 53 hanja with the reading "seo"[2] on the
South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. The Chinese surname
Xú also uses the same
徐 character.
As a Japanese surname, Seo is pronounced in two syllables ("se-o") and most frequently written as
瀬尾 and is shared by 23,000+ individuals in
Japan.[3][4] Historically, the
Seo clan (瀬尾) was also one of the cadet branches of the
Hata clan, an immigrant clan from the kingdom of
Silla. The second most common Seo is written as
妹尾 and is shared by 21,000+ individuals in
Japan.[5] The remaining variants are used by less than 2,000 individuals each and are generally used by related families.
^"【名字】瀬尾". myoji-yurai.net. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
^"読み方「せお」の検索結果". myoji-yurai.net. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
^"【名字】妹尾". myoji-yurai.net. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
Surname list
This page lists people with the
surnameSeo. 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.
As a Korean surname, Seo is the most frequent
romanization, but it may also be romanized as Suh, Surh, Sur, Seoh, So, Su, and Suhr. The surname most commonly represents the
hanja徐. Seo can also be used as a single-syllable
Korean given name or an element in many two-syllable Korean given names.[1] The given name meaning differs based on the
hanja used to write it. There are 53 hanja with the reading "seo"[2] on the
South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. The Chinese surname
Xú also uses the same
徐 character.
As a Japanese surname, Seo is pronounced in two syllables ("se-o") and most frequently written as
瀬尾 and is shared by 23,000+ individuals in
Japan.[3][4] Historically, the
Seo clan (瀬尾) was also one of the cadet branches of the
Hata clan, an immigrant clan from the kingdom of
Silla. The second most common Seo is written as
妹尾 and is shared by 21,000+ individuals in
Japan.[5] The remaining variants are used by less than 2,000 individuals each and are generally used by related families.
^"【名字】瀬尾". myoji-yurai.net. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
^"読み方「せお」の検索結果". myoji-yurai.net. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
^"【名字】妹尾". myoji-yurai.net. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
Surname list
This page lists people with the
surnameSeo. 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.