Chung (Korean name)

Jeong
Hangul	정
Hanja	鄭, 丁, 程
Revised Romanization	Jeong
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏng

Chung, also often spelled Jeong, Jung, Joung, Chong, Tseung, Cheong or Choung, is a common Korean family name. As of the South Korean census of 2000, there were 2,230,611 people by this name in South Korea, or roughly 5% of the population.

45% of Korean people bear the family name Kim, Lee, or Park

  Kim, Gim

  Lee, Yi, Rhee

  Park, Pak

  Choi

  Jung, Jeong, Chung, Cheong

List of people with the name "Chung"

• Chong Tae-hyon, a South Korean baseball player and Olympic gold medalist
• Chung Dong-young
• Chung Dong-ha, a member and vocalist of the Korean rock band Boohwal
• Chung Jae Young
• Chung Ju-yung, founder of Hyundai Group, including the Hyundai and Kia automobile brands
• Chung Kyung-ho, a South Korean football player
• Chung Mong-hun
• Chung Kyung-wha, one of the greatest violinists of the 20th and 21st centuries
• Chung Myung-wha, cellist and university professor
• Chung Myung-whun, classical conductor and concert pianist
• Jeong Cheol
• Jeong Dojeon
• Jeong Inji, author of the colophon of the Hunmin Jeong-eum Haerye
• Jeong Ji-hoon (commonly known as Rain), a South Korean entertainer
• Ken Jeong, American comedian, actor, and physician
• Jeong Mong-ju
• Jeong Keun-woo, a South Korean baseball player and Olympic gold medalist
• Jeong Ryeo-won, a Korean singer and movie star
• Jeong Seon (painter)
• Jeong Yak-yong, leading philosopher of the Silhak orientation
• Jong Hyun-wook, a South Korean baseball player
• Jung Da-bin, a Korean actress who committed suicide in 2007
• Jung Jae-sung, a South Korean badminton player
• Jung Seung-hye, South Korean film producer
• Jung Yong Hwa, member of Korean Boy-Band C.N.Blue
• Jung YunHo, a South Korean singer, from TVXQ
• Jessica Jung, a Korean American singer & actress, member of Girls' Generation
• Krystal Jung, a Korean American singer and actress, member of f(x) and Jessica Jung's younger sister
• Nicole Jung, a Korean American singer, a member of Kara
• Jung Byung Hee, a member and main vocalist of the Korean boy band MBLAQ, better known as G.O
• Jung Jinwoon, a member of South Korean ballad group 2AM
• Jung Heechul, member of South Korean boyband ZE:A
• Jung Il Woo, a South Korean actor and model
• Jung Jinyoung, a member of South Korean boyband B1A4

See also

• List of Korean family names
• Korean name
• List of Korea-related topics

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