He or Ho is the romanized transliteration of several Chinese family names. 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,[1] a spot it retained in 2019.[2] 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 MandarinWade–Gilesromanization and the Cantonese romanization of the Chinese family names.
Other less common family names that are romanized as He include 河 (Pinyin: Hé), 佫 (Pinyin: Hè), 赫 (Pinyin: Hè), and 和.
History
The surname originates from the Ji clan of the Zhou Dynasty, and the Jiang clan of Yandi.
It was taken as a surname by the Sogdians when they came to China; therefore, it is considered to be one of the "Nine Sogdian Surnames."[3]
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