Okcheon Yuk clan
| Okcheon Yuk clan | |
|---|---|
| Country | Korea |
| Current region | Okcheon County |
| Founder | Yuk Bo |
| Connected members | Yuk Young-soo Yook Sung-jae |
Okcheon Yuk clan (Korean: 옥천 육씨; Hanja: 沃川 陸氏) is a Korean clan. Their Bon-gwan is in Okcheon County, North Chungcheong Province. According to research done in 2015, Okcheon Yuk clan members numbered 22,593. Their founder was Yuk Bo, who was from Zhejiang. He was settled and naturalized in Silla from the Tang dynasty in 927.[1][2]
See also
References
- ^ Academy of Korean Studies 옥천육씨 沃川陸氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
- ^ Jin Guanglin [in Japanese] (2014). "A Comparison of the Korean and Japanese Approaches to Foreign Family Names" (PDF). Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia. 5: 20 – via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.