Daewoo

org · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Daewoo is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Korea than in any other country. Recorded meaning: South Korean manufacturing co.

rarermore common
  • KRSouth Korea≈1 in 6.9Kas 대우(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 204Kas Dae
  • KPNorth Korea≈1 in 4.6Kas Dae

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Daewoo itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Korea (inferred from the name graph)

≈7,600 named 대우, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
204 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 4.6K (inferred from the name graph)

North Korea, est., as Dae

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

DaeLatin(measured from records)
대우Hangul(measured from records)

7 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Dae in KR South Korea, US United States, CA Canada and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(inferred from the name graph)

South Korean manufacturing co.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Daewoo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Daewoo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
KR South Korea#910≈7,600 est.≈1 in 6.9K669Dae152
KP North Korea#530≈5,600 est.≈1 in 4.6K—Dae17
CN China—≈2,200 est.≈1 in 646K—Dae21
US United States—1,628as Dae1 in 204K1.3KDae204
CA Canada—≈410 est.≈1 in 93K—Dae36
AU Australia—≈220 est.≈1 in 115K1—1
EE Estonia—≈10 est.≈1 in 117Klisted—1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: KOSIS 2015 Census — surname population with hanja variants; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Daewoo is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Dae-Woo

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Dae-Woo

  • Thai surname14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand

    Also written แดวี, แดว, แดวอ, Daewee, แด้ว

19 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Daewoo under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Daewoo mean?
Recorded meaning: South Korean manufacturing co.
In which country does Daewoo have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 7.5 thousand people named 대우 in South Korea, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Daewoo?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,628 people named Dae in 2020, about 1 in 204 thousand residents.
How common is Daewoo compared with other names?
In South Korea, Daewoo is the 910th most common given name of 67,037 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Daewoo” — the 910th most common given name in South Korea. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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