He (surname)

Language(s)Chinese
Origin
Region of originChina
He
Chinese name
Chinese
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet
Chữ Hán
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Japanese name
Kanji
Kana

He or Ho is the romanized transliteration of several Chinese family names. According to a 2012 survey, 14 million people had Hé () listed as their surname, making it the 17th most common surname in Mainland China,[1] a spot it retained in 2019.[2] Hé was listed as the 21st most common surname in the Hundred Family Surnames. A common alternative spelling of the surname is Ho, which is the Mandarin Wade–Giles romanization and the Cantonese romanization of the Chinese family names.

In the Korean language, the equivalent surname is Ha (하). In the Vietnamese language, the equivalent surname is .

Other less common family names that are romanized as He include (Pinyin: Hé), (Pinyin: Hè), (Pinyin: Hè), and .

  1. ^ "China's Surnames". Cdn.theatlantic.com. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
  2. ^ "新京报 – 好新闻,无止境".

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