Yoo or Yu , or sometimes Ryu or Ryoo , is the English transcription of several Korean surnames written as 유 or 류 in hangul . As of 2000, roughly a million people are surnamed Yoo in South Korea , making up approximately 2% of the population. Of those, the most common is Ryu (Hanja: 柳 , Hangul: 류 ), with more than six hundred thousand holders, whereas Yoo (Hanja: 兪 , 余 Hangul: 유 ) accounts for about one hundred thousand.
8-679: Riu or RIU may refer to: People [ edit ] Riu (surname) , a Korean surname Giovanni de Riu (1925–2008), Italian racing driver Ramon Riu i Cabanes (1852–1901), Bishop of Urgell and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra Victor Riu (born 1985), French golfer Other uses [ edit ] Rancho Murieta Airport , in California, United States Riau Airlines , defunct Indonesian airline Riu de Cerdanya , in Catalonia, Spain RIU Hotels ,
16-550: A Spanish hotel chain Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Riu . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Riu&oldid=1228384213 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
24-509: Is a separate clan from Yoo, but pronounced differently), the Munhwa Ryu, was founded by a man named Ch’a Tal . Ch’a's fifth great-grandfather had been involved in an attempt to overthrow the Silla king. To avoid prosecution, the ancestor fled to Munhwa and changed his surname, first to that of his maternal grandmother, Yang, and then to Ryoo. Many years later, Ch’a Tal assisted Wang Kŏn to establish
32-481: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Riu (surname) The family name Yoo can be represented by any of the four hanja : 柳 ( 류 ), 劉 , 兪 and 庾 , each with a different meaning. In Korean, the characters 劉 and 柳 refer to 유 (Yoo) or 류 (Ryu) and are spelled as such because of the first initial sound rule ( 두음 법칙 ) in Korean, whereas
40-589: The Koryŏ Kingdom . Ch’a was recognized for his support and was rewarded accordingly. However, the historic claims that the Ch'a clans are derived from the same progenitor as Ryu Ch'a-dal have been disproven. The Munhwa Ryoo clan, along with the Andong Kwŏn clan, possess one of Korea's oldest clan genealogies . Only the character 柳 is commonly pronounced Ryu or Ryoo ( 류 ). (See Munhwa Ryoo ) The surname "Ryu" comes from
48-530: The Munhwa Ryu clan, with a combined total of 327,627 members. Yu Ch'a-dal , the founder of Munhwa Yu Clan, was born in Yuju (儒州=文化縣), Hwanghae-do in North Korea. He was received the title of Daeseung (大丞) as a merit subject at the founding of Goryeo dynasty in the beginning of the 10th century. He supported Wang Kŏn by supplying Wang's armies with military carts. The Munhwa Yoo clan has been referred to as one of
56-519: The character meaning willow tree . Hence, the lineage is also sometimes called "willow Ryu" ( 버들 류씨 ). Munhwa Ryoo The Munhwa Yoo clan ( Korean : 문화 유씨 ; Hanja : 文化 柳氏 ), also known as the Munhwa Ryu clan ( Korean : 문화 류씨 ) , is a Korean clan. In the 2015 South Korean census, 237,314 individuals identified themselves as part of the Munhwa Yoo clan, and 90,313 individuals identified themselves as members of
64-671: The characters 兪 and 庾 refer only to 유 (Yoo). Some of these characters are used to write the Chinese surnames Liu ( 劉 or 柳 ) and Yu ( 兪 ，余). Notable 柳 (Ryu) clans include the Munhwa Ryu clan and the Pungsan Ryu. In Korea, the Yoo lineage traces to the Xia , Han , and Joseon dynasties . Holders of the surname Yoo had a reputation for charity and diligence. The largest Ryu (which
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