Ok (), sometimes spelled Oak or Ock, is an uncommon Korean family name and a Korean given name.
Family name The 2000 South Korean census found 22,964 people and 7,288 households with the family name Ok (玉). The surviving bongwan (origin of a clan lineage, not necessarily the actual residence of the clan members) at that time included:
Uiryeong County, South Gyeongsang Province: 19,368 people and 6,157 households Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province: 1,085 people and 345 households Kaesong, North Hwanghae Province: 708 people and 232 households Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province: 537 people and 174 households Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province: 441 people and 145 households Uiseong County, North Gyeongsang Province: 467 people and 138 households Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province: 197 people and 61 households Other or unknown: 161 people and 36 households
In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 84.8% of people with this family name spelled it in Latin letters as Ok in their passports, while another 9.0% spelled it as Ock. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 6.2%) included Oak and Ohk.
People with this family name include: Simon Ok Hyun-jin (born 1968), South Korean Roman Catholic priest, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Gwangju Ok Ja-yeon (born 1988), South Korean actress Ock Joo-hyun (born 1980), South Korean singer, former member of Fin.K.L Justine Ok, Korean-American artist and songwriter Ok Kwan-bin (died 1933), Korean independence activist Ok So-ri (born 1968), South Korean actress Ok Taec-yeon (born 1988), South Korean singer, member of boyband 2PM
Given name People with the given name Ok include: Yeo Ok, poet of the Gojoseon Kingdom which fell in 108 BC Jeon Ok (1911–1969), South Korean actress Kim Ok (born 1964), North Korean government employee, personal secretary to Kim Jong-il
See also List of Korean family names List of Korean given names
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