Last name origin & meaning: Korean (Ch’oe): there is only one Chinese character for the
surname Ch’oe. Of the 326 Ch’oe clans listed in some sources, only 43
distinct clans can be documented. Ch’oe is the fourth most common
surname in Korea. The common Romanization Choi represents a
French transliteration of the surname, which is actually pronounced
more like Ch’wae. The first Ch’oe, Sob{ou}ldori, was one of the
six elders of pre-Shilla Korea; he received his surname from the
Shilla King Yuri Isag{uu}m in ad 32.
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