The surname Hojo
A Japanese surname.
2 syllables Soundex H200
Origin
Japanese origin
Borrowed from Japanese 北条 (Hōjō).
One of 123 Japanese surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Famous Hojos
11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Hōjō Tokimasa1st Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate (1138-1215)
- Hōjō Yoshitoki2nd Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate, 1163–1224
- Hōjō Yasutoki3rd Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate, 1183–1242
- Hōjō Mototoki13th Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate, 1286–1333
- Hōjō Sadaaki15th Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate, 1278–1333
- Hōjō Nagatoki6th Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate, 1230–1264
- Hōjō Masamura7th Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate, 1205–1273
- Hōjō Sadatoki9th Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate, 1272–1311
- Hōjō Munenobu11th Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate, 1259–1312
- Hōjō Hirotoki12th Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate, 1279–1315
- Hōjō Moritoki16th (the last) Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate, 1295–1333
Notable Hojos come mostly from Japan (9) and Kamakura shogunate (2).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Hojo has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.
Other Japanese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Hojo come from?
- Borrowed from Japanese 北条 (Hōjō).
- Who is the most famous person named Hojo?
- Hōjō Tokimasa, 1st Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate (1138-1215), followed by Hōjō Yoshitoki.
- Where is the surname Hojo most common?
- Wikidata records people named Hojo in Japan and Kamakura shogunate.