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The HO surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 40,413 778 0.015 150
United States (1880 census) 236 17076 0 5
Change since 1880 +40177 +16298 +N/A +145
Other Countries
Australia 5,022 280 0.031 307
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for HO by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 16,756 163 0.049 495
New York 3,362 515 0.018 177
Texas 3,214 872 0.015 154
Florida 1,471 1506 0.009 92
Washington 1,471 480 0.025 250
Top States for HO by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Hawaii 1,248 29 0.103 1,030
California 16,756 163 0.049 495
Washington 1,471 480 0.025 250
Massachusetts 1,336 681 0.021 210
New York 3,362 515 0.018 177

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called HO live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called HO represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called HO in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a HO by picking someone at random in Hawaii than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of HO

Region of origin: Asia

Country of origin: China

Language of origin: Chinese

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the HO surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of HO in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 372 0.92
Black/African American 105 0.26
Asian/Pacific 37,616 93.08
Native American/Alaskan 24 0.06
Mixed Race 1,208 2.99
White (Caucasian) 1,087 2.69

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the HO surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of HO in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of HO.

Similar names to HO

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as HO.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.