# Ho (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 49,817 |
| US rank (2010) | 691 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,198 people |
| Change since 2000 | +23% (40,413 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 何 (Mandarin: Hé, Cantonese: ho⁴, Hakka: Hò, Min Nan: Hô), or from Vietnamese Hồ.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ho 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) | 2.4% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 93% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ho in the United States.

## People named Ho

- Don Ho, American singer, songwiter and actor (1930–2007)
- Elizabeth Ho, American actress
- Derek Ho, American surfer (1964–2020)

## Similar surnames

Hough, Hoy, Hou, Hoey, Hoh, Hoe, Howe, Howie, Howey, Hoye, Hu, Hay.

## 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.