Jo Family History
Jo Name Meaning
Korean: variant of Cho Chinese: variant of Cho . Japanese (Jō): written 城 ‘castle’. The same character is also pronounced Shiro . One noble family in Echigo (now Niigata prefecture) was descended from the Taira clan. Another name pronounced similarly written 情 ‘emotion’ is found in Okinawa. Hungarian (Jó): nickname from jó ‘good’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022