He (surname) explained
| Hé |
| Region: | China |
| Language: | Chinese |
| C: | 何 |
| P: | Hé |
| W: | Ho2 |
| J: | Ho4 |
| Y: | Hòh |
| Poj: | Hô |
| Mc: | Ha |
| Oc-Bs: | *[g]ˤaj |
| Hanja: | 何 |
| Hangul: | 하 |
| Mr: | Ha |
| Qn: | Hà |
| Chuhan: | 何 |
| Kanji: | 何 |
| Kana: | か |
| Revhep: | Ka |
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 Mandarin Wade–Giles romanization and the Cantonese romanization of the Chinese family names.
In the Korean language, the equivalent surname is Ha (하). In the Vietnamese language, the equivalent surname is Hà.
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 Han (Chinese surname), Ji clan of the Zhou dynasty, and the Jiang clan of Yandi.
Romanization
Notable people
Science and mathematics
- 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 and biophysicist
- Tin-Lun Ho (born 1951), Chinese-American theoretical physicist
- Xuhua He (born 1979), Chinese mathematician
- He Zuoxiu, Chinese physicist and member of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Politics
- 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
- 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
- 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 Singapore prime 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 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, and 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
Others
- Siobhán Haughey Hong Kong swimmer
- He Bingjiao Chinese badminton player
- He Jin Eastern Han dynasty general
- He Jianshi, Chinese cartoonist
- 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 language author and poet in Hong Kong
- James C. Ho, Taiwanese-born American federal judge
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: China's Surnames . Cdn.theatlantic.com . 2013-11-05.
- Web site: 新京报 – 好新闻，无止境.
