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    The surname Hoh

    A German surname, carried by 741 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H000

    Hoh: #31,285 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hoh #31,285, 741 people Hoh: #31,285 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Hoh #31,285, 741 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hoh is more common than 80.7% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    * 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.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 741 people named Hoh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 416,661 Americans. That is up 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 681.

    #31,285
    rank among US surnames
    741
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.8%
    change since 2000 (was #31,986)

    Who is named Hoh

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

    65% of people named Hoh identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 31%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hoh

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hoh come from?
    * 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),…
    How common is the surname Hoh?
    741 people in the United States had the surname Hoh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 416,661 Americans. It ranked 31,285th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hoh?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Hoh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Hoh getting more or less common?
    More common. 681 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 741 in 2010, up 8.8%.