# He (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/he/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Mandarin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,363 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,373 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 20,097 people |
| Change since 2000 | +118% (7,057 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From several Chinese surnames, especially 何 (Hé) and 賀／贺 (Hè).

## Who carries it

Share of people named He in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 2.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 96% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named He in the United States, the People's Republic of China and Colony of Trinidad and Tobago.

## People named He

- He Ying, archer
- Hoku, American singer (born 1981)
- Solomon Hochoy, British colonial administrator (1905–1983)
- Steven Ho, American martial artist and stuntman

## Similar surnames

Huey, Hoey, Hey, Heo, Hee, Ho, Howe, Hu, Hay, Ha, Hoy, Hua.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.