He (surname)


He or Ho is the romanized transliteration of several Chinese family names. According to a 2012 survey, 14 million people had Hé listed as their surname, making it the 17th most common surname in Mainland China, a spot it retained in 2019. Hé was listed as the 21st most common surname in the Hundred Family Surnames. A common alternative spelling of the surname is Ho, which is the Mandarin Wade–Giles romanization and the Cantonese romanization of the Chinese family names.
In the Korean language, the equivalent surname is Ha. In the Vietnamese language, the equivalent surname is Hà.
Other less common family names that are romanized as He include wiktionary:河, wiktionary:佫, wiktionary:赫, and wiktionary:和.

History

The surname 何 is of diverse origins. The 2nd earliest originates from the Han, the name of a kingdom during the Warring States period, and the Jiang clan of Yandi.
After barbarian Xianbei became Han Chinese, a group of originally Heba surnamed Xianbei took 何 surname.
The Tanka Nanyue Have 何 surname too.
The Tanka Have 何 surname too.

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