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, politician
• Chung Dong-ha, a member and vocalist of the Korean rock band Boohwal
• Chung Doo-un, a South Korean politician
• Chung Jae Young (commonly known as "J"), singer
• Chung Ju-yung, founder of Hyundai Group, including the Hyundai and Kia automobile brands
  • Chung Mong-hun, son of Hyundai founder
• Chung Kyung-Ho, a South Korean football player
• Chung Won-shik, a South Korean politician
• 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, poet
• Jeong Dojeon, aristocrat
• Jeong Seung-hwa, South Korean general
• Jeong Inji, author of the colophon of the Hunmin Jeong-eum Haerye
• Jeong Jin Woon, a member of South Korean ballad group 2AM
• Jae-Heon Jeong, a South Korean voice actor
• Jeong Ji-hoon (commonly known as Rain), a South Korean entertainer
• Ken Jeong, American comedian, actor, and physician
• Jeong Mong-ju, writer
• 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, 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 Jin-Sun, South Korean male épéeist
• Jung Seung-hye, South Korean film producer
• Jung Pil Kyo, stage name Shin Hye Sung, lead vocalist of boyband Shinhwa
• Jung YunHo, a South Korean singer, leader of the boyband TVXQ
• Jung Yong Hwa, member of Korean boygroup C.N.Blue
• 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 So-min, a South Korean actress (Bad Guy, Playful Kiss)
• Jung Byung Hee, a member and vocalist of the Korean boy band MBLAQ
• Jung Jiyong, an early to mid 20th Century Korean poet
• Jung Hana, (known by her stage name Zinger), a member of a South Korean girl group, Secret.
• Jung Heechul, member of South Korean boyband ZE:A
• Jung Il Woo, a South Korean actor and model
• Jung Eunji, a member of South Korean girl group A Pink
• Jung Jinyoung, a member of South Korean boyband B1A4
• Jung Daehyun, a member of a South Korean boy band, B.A.P.
• Jung Minjoo, a South Korean singer
• Jung Ilhoon, a South Korean rapper, member of BtoB, younger brother of JOO (singer)

See also

• List of Korean family names
• Korean name