He or Ho is the romanized transliteration of several Chinese surnames. According to a 2012 survey, 14 million people had Hé (何) 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 (Pinyin: Hé), (Pinyin: Hè), (Pinyin: Hè), and .
History The surname 何 is of diverse origins. The 2nd earliest originates from Han, the name of a kingdom during the Warring States period, and the Jiang clan of Yandi.
After the barbarian Xianbei became Han Chinese, a group of originally Heba surnamed Xianbei took the surname 何.
Numerous Boat Dwellers have the 何 surname too.
Romanization
Char. Mandarin Cantonese S. T. Pinyin Wade–Giles Jyutping HK Gov't Hé Ho2 Ho4 Ho Hè Ho4 Ho6 Ho Hé Ho2 Ho4 Ho Hè Ho4 Hok6 Hè Ho4 Haak1 Hak1 Hak
Notable people Academia He Jifeng (), Chinese computer scientist He Zehui (), Chinese nuclear physicist David Ho (), Chinese American AIDS researcher Mae-Wan Ho (1941–2016), Hong Kong-born geneticist biophysicist Tin-Lun Ho (born 1951), Chinese-American theoretical physicist Xuhua He (, born 1979), Chinese mathematician He Zuoxiu Chinese physicist, member of Chinese Academy of Science Politics Solomon Hochoy: governor of Trinidad and Tobago Albert Ho (), Hong Kong Legislative Council member with the Democratic Party Cyd Ho (), Hong Kong Legislative Council member with The Frontier Edmund Ho (), Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China He Depu () dissident in the People's Republic of China Ho Chih-chin (), Minister of Finance of the Republic of China (2006–2008) Ho Chi-kung (), Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare of the Republic of China He Siyuan (何思源): mayor of Beijing Ho Feng-Shan (), diplomat who saved a large number of Jews during World War II, known as "China's Schindler" Ho Mei-yueh (), Minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development of the Republic of China (2007–2008) Ho Pei-shan (), Deputy Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China Ho Peng Kee (), Singaporean legal academic and former politician Hou Kok Chung (), Malaysian Deputy Minister for Higher Education Finance He Qiaonü () entrepreneur and philanthropist Ho Ching (), executive director of Temasek Holdings and wife of senior minister Lee Hsien Loong Ho Kwon Ping, executive chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings Stanley Ho (), Hong Kong and Macau businessman Robert Hotung (), Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist Filmography and entertainment Keishla He (), Puerto Rican social media personality He Meitian (), Hong Kong actress and former gymnast He Ping (), Chinese film director He Ying Ying (), Singaporean actress He Yu (), Chinese actor He Zhuoyan () Chinese actress and singer A. Kitman Ho () Hong Kong-born American film producer Daniel Ho, American musician, composer and producer specializing in Slack-key guitar, ukulele, Hawaiian music. Denise Ho (), Hong Kong singer and actress Dennis Trillo (also known as Dennis Ho), Filipino actor Don Ho (), Hawaiian musician and entertainer. Godfrey Ho, Hong Kong–based movie director best known for his Ninja films Hoku Ho, American musician and actress Josie Ho (), singer and actress from Hong Kong Ho Ping (), Taiwanese film director He Jiong (), Chinese singer and actor Ho Ho Ying (), Singaporean artist
Others Siobhán Haughey () Hong Kong swimmer He Bingjiao () Chinese badminton player He Jin () Eastern Han dynasty general Empress He (Han Dynasty) (何皇后) Second wife of Emperor Ling of Han, sister of He Jin Empress He (Tang Dynasty) (何皇后) Wife of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang He Jianshi (), Chinese cartoonist Kevin He, Chinese Canadian ice hockey player He Kexin (), Chinese Olympic gymnast He Luli () Chinese doctor and politician Sui He () Chinese fashion model He Pingping (), one of the world's smallest men, from Inner Mongolia He Qifang (), Chinese poet and essayist Qiu Xia He (), Chinese pipa player He Xuntian (), modern Chinese composer, famous for his compositions for Dadawa He Yanwen (), Chinese female rower He Ying (), Chinese athlete and archer He Yingqin (), senior Kuomintang general He Yong (), Chinese rock musician He Zhi Wen (), Chinese-born Spanish male table tennis player Ho Fuk Yan (), teacher, Chinese author and poet in Hong Kong James C. Ho, Taiwanese-born American federal judge Teck-Hua Ho (), Singaporean academic Ho Yuen Hoe (), Chinese humanitarian and Venerable Bhikkhuni
See also List of common Chinese surnames
References
External links Chinese surname history: He