How common is the surname Ho?

49,817 people in the United States had the surname Ho in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,198 Americans. It ranked 691st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ho?

Don Ho, American singer, songwiter and actor (1930–2007), followed by Elizabeth Ho.

Where is the surname Ho most common?

Wikidata records people named Ho in the United States.

Is the surname Ho getting more or less common?

More common. 40,413 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 49,817 in 2010, up 23%.

The surname Ho

A Chinese surname, carried by 49,817 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ho is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

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

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 49,817 people named Ho in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,198 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 40,413.

#691

rank among US surnames

49,817

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+23.3%

change since 2000 (was #778)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#682	Callahan	50,524	6,111
#683	Dillon	50,465	6,118
#684	Cline	50,258	6,143
#685	Wiggins	50,247	6,145
#686	Grimes	50,245	6,145
#687	Arellano	50,104	6,162
#688	Melton	50,069	6,166

Who is named Ho

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

93% of people named Ho identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.2% as two or more races and 2.4% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
Two or more races 3.2%
White (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.0%

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

Famous Hos

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Don Ho
American singer, songwiter and actor (1930–2007)
Elizabeth Ho
American actress, born 1983
Derek Ho
American surfer (1964–2020)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ho

Ho 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 Ho come from?: Borrowed from Chinese 何 (Mandarin: Hé, Cantonese: ho⁴, Hakka: Hò, Min Nan: Hô), or from Vietnamese Hồ.
How common is the surname Ho?: 49,817 people in the United States had the surname Ho in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,198 Americans. It ranked 691st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ho?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ho identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.2% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Ho?: Don Ho, American singer, songwiter and actor (1930–2007), followed by Elizabeth Ho.
Where is the surname Ho most common?: Wikidata records people named Ho in the United States.
Is the surname Ho getting more or less common?: More common. 40,413 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 49,817 in 2010, up 23%.