For the rare surname (준) spelled Chun in the McCune–Reischauer romanisation, see Joon (Korean name). For other uses, see Chun (disambiguation). Jeon (전), also often spelled Jun, Chun, or Chon, is a common Korean family name. As of the South Korean census of 2000, there were 687,867 people with this name in South Korea. It can be written with three different hanja, each with different meanings and indicating different lineages.