Danyang U clan

Dannyang U clan
Country Korea
Current region Danyang County
Founder U Hyeon
Connected members Woo Jang-choon
Woo Won-shik

Danyang U clan (Hangul: 단양 우씨; Hanja: 丹陽 禹氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Danyang County, North Chungcheong Province. According to the research held in 2015, the number of the Danyang U clan was 191287. Danyang U clan was also one of the Chinese surnames. Their founder was U Hyeon who was a descendant of Yu the Great. U Jung dae, U Hyeon’s 6 th descendant, worked as Menxia Shilang (hanja: 門下侍郎) and officially began Danyang U clan.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ JIN Guanglin (2014). A Comparison of the Korean and Japanese Approaches to Foreign Family Names (PDF). Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia Vol.5 Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia. p20
  2. ↑ Academy of Korean Studies 단양우씨 丹陽禹氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
  • Doosan Encyclopedia 외래귀화성씨 外來歸化姓氏. Doosan Encyclopedia.
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