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    The surname He

    A Chinese surname, carried by 15,363 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H000

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). He is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

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

    One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,363 people named He in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,097 Americans. That is up 118% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,057.

    #2,373
    rank among US surnames
    15,363
    people in 2010
    5.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +117.7%
    change since 2000 (was #4,600)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,364Sauer15,43020,009
    #2,365Elizondo15,41920,024
    #2,366Vann15,41620,028
    #2,367Wray15,40520,042
    #2,368Trinh15,39220,059
    #2,369Ruff15,38320,071
    #2,370Sousa15,37720,078

    Who is named He

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named He identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.3% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Hes

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • He Ying
      Archer, born 1977
    • Hoku
      American singer (born 1981)
    • Solomon Hochoy
      British colonial administrator (1905–1983)
    • Steven Ho
      American martial artist and stuntman, born 1973

    Notable Hes come mostly from the United States (2), the People's Republic of China (1) and Colony of Trinidad and Tobago (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like He

    He has the Soundex code H000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H000.

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname He come from?
    From several Chinese surnames, especially 何 (Hé) and 賀／贺 (Hè).
    How common is the surname He?
    15,363 people in the United States had the surname He in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,097 Americans. It ranked 2,373rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname He?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named He identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named He?
    He Ying, archer, followed by Hoku.
    Where is the surname He most common?
    Wikidata records people named He in the United States, the People's Republic of China and Colony of Trinidad and Tobago.
    Is the surname He getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,057 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,363 in 2010, up 118%.