The Ho surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 49,817 people carried this name — #691 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,920 people counted. That is up 23% from 40,413 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Ho surname
Borrowed from Chinese 何 (Mandarin: Hé, Cantonese: ho⁴, Hakka: Hò, Min Nan: Hô), or from Vietnamese Hồ.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ho» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 428 people named Ho.
Most of them — 386 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
359 people named Ho live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 109 people named Ho live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
43 people named Ho have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 461 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
1,093 people named Ho are counted in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Ho in American newspapers,
1852–1890.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,762,749 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ho,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ho Yin 1908–1983 · politician -
Stanley Ho 1921–2020 · politician -
Clementina Leitão Ho 1923–2004 -
Don Ho 1930–2007 · actor -
Dean Ho 1940–2021 · amateur wrestler
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 125 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ho.
- Hiss 379 · U.S. census
- Hitte 146 · U.S. census
- Hitter 173 · U.S. census
- Hittinger 260 · U.S. census
- Hittler 133 · U.S. census
- Hitz 1,666 · U.S. census
- Hoang 29,798 · U.S. census
- Hobart 3,129 · U.S. census
- Hobe 147 · U.S. census
- Hobel 258 · U.S. census
- Hoch 6,095 · U.S. census
- Hochard 179 · U.S. census
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