# Hon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hon/  
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) | 2,424 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,732 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 127,370 people |
| Change since 2000 | +13% (2,147 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

An surname of unexplained English origin, or borrowed from Cantonese 韓 /韩 (hon4) or Hakka 韓 /韩 (Hòn).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hon 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) | 57% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 36% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hon in Australia.

## People named Hon

- Priscilla Hon, Australian female tennis player

## Similar surnames

Honea, Honey, Hohn, Hone, Hoehne, Hoon, Hom, Huynh, Hahn, Hanna, Haney, Han.

## 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.