Na or Ra is a relatively uncommon Korean family name. The name is written as 나 (Na) in South Korea,and as 라 (Ra) in North Korea. As of 2015,an estimated 160,946 people [1] (0.32% of the population of South Korea) had the surname Na or Ra. [2]
The name Na or Ra comes from the Chinese surname Luo,written as 羅. [3] In Cantonese the surname is typically romanized as Lo or Law. Other possible romanizations include Nah,La,Lah,Rha,Rah,and Law.
The variant hanja 那 derives from the Chinese toponymic name Na,referring to a small state during the Zhou dynasty.