"Ko (surname)" redirects here. For the Chinese surname romanized to Ko in Hong Kong, see
Gao (surname).
Ko (Hanja: 髙|高), also variously romanized Go, Goh, or Koh, is a common Korean family name. As of the 2000 South Korean census, there were 435,000 Kos in South Korea, accounting for just under 1% of the population. Liaoyang (Hanja: 遼陽) based Go (Hanja: 高) family is The Royal of Goguryeo, Northern Yan ruler Gao Yun (Hanja: 高雲), Tang Dynasty general Gao Xianzhi (Hanja: 高仙芝) has Goguryeo origin. In South Korea, Hoengseong Go clan is also descended from the Royal of Goguryeo and the clan's geneaology book specifies Dongmyeong of Goguryeo as the direct ancestor [1]. Japan's Koma (高麗) clan is also descendant of royal dynasty of Goguryeo. Chinese character 高麗 (Koma) originates from Goguryeo's abbreviated name (Ko'gu'ryo -> Koryo), but in japan, 'ryo' is pronounced as 'ma'. Koryo is also the name of 10 century Korea name unified and founded by Wang dynasty, a noble family originating from Goguryeo (Koguryo), and presently known name of the country, Korea (English pronunciation of Koryo).
Go or Goh
- Go Ah-sung, South Korean actress
- Go Ara, South Korean actress
- Go Doo-shim, South Korean actress
- Go Eun-bi, former member of the South Korean girl group Ladies' Code
- Go Hui-dong
- Go Hyun-jung, South Korean actress
- Go Ho-Jung, member of South Korean boy group HOTSHOT and project boy group UNB
- Go Joo-won, South Korean actor
- Goh Kun, South Korean politician
- One L. Goh, suspect in the 2012 Oikos University shooting
- Go Min-soo (Stage name: Kogyeol), member of South Korean boy group UP10TION
- Go Soo, South Korean actor
- Go Seohyun, former member of CLC
- Go Woori, member of the South Korean girl group Rainbow
- Younha (birth name: Go Yoon-ha]], South Korean singer
- Shinwon (birth name: Go Shin-won), member of the South Korean boy group Pentagon
- Go Yoon (birth name: Kim Jong-min), South Korean actor
- Go Kyung Pyo, South Korean actor
Ko or Koh
- Harold Hongju Koh (born 1954), American lawyer and law professor
- Howard Koh (born 1952), former United States Assistant Secretary for Health
- Ko Im-pyo (born 1962), South Korean film editor
- Ko Ji-yong (born 1980), former K-pop idol
- Lydia Ko (born 1997), South Korea-born New Zealand golfer
- Ko Moo-yeol (born 1990), South Korean footballer
- Ko So-young, South Korean actress
- Ko Sung-hyun, South Korean badminton player
- Ko Sung-kuk, South Korean political scientist
- Ko Un, South Korean poet
- Ko Joo-yeon, South Korean actress
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