# Hoh (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hoh/  
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 | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 741 |
| US rank (2010) | 31,285 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 416,661 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.8% (681 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German surname, spelling variant of Höh, from Middle High German hoch (“high”); compare Hoch. * As a Chinese surname, from romanizations of various surnames: ** 何 and 賀 /贺 (hè) (see He) ** 霍 (huò) (see Huo) ** 郝 (hǎo) (see Hao) ** 侯 (see Hou) ** Possibly also a variant of 胡 (hú) (see Hu), according to the 2003 edition of the Dictionary of American Family Names.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hoh 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) | 65% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 31% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Ho, Hoy, Hou, Hoe, Howe, Hu, Hay, Ha, He, Huey, Hua, Hui.

## 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.