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O Name Meaning

Korean: written 오 in Chinese characters 吳. Historically there were two Chinese characters for the O surname but by the late Koryŏ period (14th century AD) one of them had disappeared. Some records indicate that there are as many as 210 different clans for the remaining character but only sixteen can be positively documented. All sixteen of these clans originate from the same ancestor O Ch’ŏm (吳 瞻) who migrated to Korea from China during the reign of Shilla's King Chijŭng (500–14 AD). O is a common surname throughout Korea. Compare Oh Japanese (Ō): written 王 ‘king’. It is the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese surname Wang and is mostly borne by Japanese of Chinese descent or Chinese long-term residents in Japan. Compare Oh Chinese: Teochew or Hokkien or Taiwanese form of the surname 胡 see Hu This pronunciation is found in eastern Guangdong province Fujian province and Taiwan from where people migrated to Singapore Malaysia and other parts of Southeast Asia. Chinese: Teochew or Hokkien or Taiwanese form of the surnames 鄔 and 烏 see Wu 5 and 7. This pronunciation is found in eastern Guangdong province Fujian province and Taiwan from where people migrated to Singapore Malaysia and other parts of Southeast Asia. Chinese: possibly a Cantonese form of the surname 柯 see Ke Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 鄂 see E .7: Vietnamese (): from the Chinese surname 鄔 see Wu 5.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: U, Ho, Jo, To, Ko, Do, Oh, Lo, Po, Ow

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You can see how O families moved over time by selecting different census years. The O family name was found in the USA, Canada, and Scotland between 1851 and 1920. The most O families were found in USA in 1880. In 1851 there were 9 O families living in Midlothian. This was about 56% of all the recorded O's in Scotland. Midlothian had the highest population of O families in 1851.
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What did your O ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named O. 58% of O women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties. .

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Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    58%
  • Domestic Servant
    16%
  • Unpaid Domestic
    10%
  • Hospital Nurse
    7%
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Passenger Lists

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There are 61,000 military records available for the last name O. For the veterans among your O ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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Between 1977 and 2004, in the United States, O life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1985, and highest in 2004. The average life expectancy for O in 1977 was 38, and 88 in 2004.

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