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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, a spot it retained in 2019. Hé was listed as the 21st most common surname in the '' Hundred Family Surnames'', contained in the verse 何呂施張 (He Lü Shi Zhang). Other less common family names that are romanized as He include 河 (Pinyin: Hé), 佫 (Pinyin: Hè), 赫 (Pinyin: Hè), and 和. A common alternative spelling of the surname is Ho, which is the Mandarin Wade-Giles

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and the

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romanization of the Chinese family names. In the

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, the equivalent surname is Ha (하). In the

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, the equivalent surname is Hà.

History

The surname originates from the Ji clan of the

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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."

Romanization

Notable people

Family name 何

Science and mathematics

* He Jifeng (何積豐), Chinese computer scientist * He Zehui (何泽慧), Chinese nuclear physicist * David Ho (scientist) (何大一), 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 (何旭华, born 1979), Chinese mathematician * He Zuoxiu, Chinese physicist and member of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Politics

* Albert Ho (何俊仁), Hong Kong Legislative Council member with the Democratic Party * Cyd Ho (何秀蘭), Hong Kong Legislative Council member with The Frontier * Edmund Ho (何厚鏵), Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China * He Depu (何德普) dissident in the People's Republic of China * Ho Chih-chin (何志欽), Minister of Finance of the Republic of China (2006-2008) *

Ho Chi-kung Ho Chi-kung () is currently the Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare of the Republic of China since 20 May 2016. Early life Ho did his bachelor's degree from Kaohsiung Medical University in 1984 and master's degree in public health from Na ...

(何啟功), 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 Ho Mei-yueh (; born 9 January 1951) is a Taiwanese politician. Education Ho studied agricultural chemistry at National Taiwan University and technology management and business administration at National Chengchi University. Political career ...

(何美玥), Minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development of the Republic of China (2007–2008) * Ho Pei-shan (何佩珊), Deputy Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China * Hou Kok Chung (何国忠), Malaysian Deputy Minister for Higher Education

Finance

* He Qiaonü (何巧女) entrepreneur and philanthropist * Ho Kwon Ping, executive chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings * Ho Ching (何晶), executive director of Temasek Holdings and wife of Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong *

Robert Hotung Sir Robert Ho Tung Bosman, (22 December 1862 – 26 April 1956), also known as Sir Robert Ho Tung, was a businessman and philanthropist in British Hong Kong. Known as "the grand old man of Hong Kong" (), he was knighted in 1915 ( Knight Bache ...

(何東), Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist *

Stanley Ho Stanley Ho Hung-sun (; 25 November 192126 May 2020) was a Hong Kong- Macau billionaire businessman. His original patrilineal surname was Bosman, which was later sinicized to 何 (Ho). He was the founder and chairman of SJM Holdings, which ow ...

(何鴻燊), Hong Kong and Macau businessman

Filmography and entertainment

Keishla He Keishla He ( zh, t=何嘉裟; born ) is a Puerto Rican social media personality who posts about her identity as a person of Asian descent in Puerto Rico. She also speaks out against xenophobia and racism related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Biogra ...

(何嘉裟), Puerto Rican social media personality *

He Meitian He Meitian (born 2 December 1977) is a Chinese actress and former gymnast. She was previously a contracted artist under the Hong Kong television network TVB. After her contract with TVB ended, she returned to mainland China and continued her ca ...

(何美钿) Hong Kong actress and former gymnast * He Ping (director) (何平) Chinese film director *

He Zhuoyan He or HE may refer to: Language * He (pronoun), an English pronoun * He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ * He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets * He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' in ...

(何琢言), Chinese actress and singer *

A. Kitman Ho Alexander Kitman Ho (; born 1950), known as A. Kitman Ho, is an American film producer. He was born in Hong Kong, and emigrated with his family to the United States when he was 5 years old. He grew up in New York City's Chinatown neighborhood. ...

(何傑民), Hong Kong-born American film producer * Denise Ho (何韻詩), Hong Kong singer and actress * Dennis Trillo (also known as Dennis Ho), Filipino actor * Don Ho (何大來), Hawaiian musician and entertainer. *

Godfrey Ho Godfrey Ho (Chinese language: 何志强 or 何致强, born 1948) is a former Hong Kong-based prolific film director and screenwriter, sometimes considered the Ed Wood of Hong Kong cinema. Ho is believed to have directed more than one hundred fil ...

, Hong Kong-based movie director best known for his ''Ninja'' films *

Hoku Ho Hoku Ho Clements (born June 10, 1981) is an American singer and actress. She is known for her 2000 hit single " Another Dumb Blonde" from the soundtrack and film '' Snow Day'' and the song "Perfect Day" from the soundtrack and film ''Legally Blo ...

, American musician and actress * Josie Ho (何超儀), singer and actress from Hong Kong * Ho Ping (何平), Taiwanese film director * Daniel Ho, American musician, composer and producer specializing in Slack-key guitar, ukulele, and Hawaiian music.

Others

He Kexin He Kexin (born January 1, 1992) is a Chinese former artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, she won gold medals on the uneven bars and as a member of the Chinese team. She was one of ...

(何可欣), Chinese Olympic gymnast *

He Pingping He Pingping (; 13 July 1988 – 13 March 2010) was a Chinese citizen and, according to the ''Guinness World Records'', at one time the world's shortest mobile man. Early and personal life Pingping measured tall, and was the third child of a ...

(何平平), one of the world's smallest men, from Inner Mongolia *

He Qifang He Qifang (5 February 1912 – 24 July 1977; ) was a Chinese poet, essayist, literary critic and redology, redologist. He was born in Wanzhou District, Wanxian, Sichuan Province, which is now Wanzhou District, Chongqing Municipality. He studi ...

(何其芳), Chinese poet and essayist * Qiu Xia He (何秋霞), Chinese pipa player * He Xuntian (何训田), modern Chinese composer, famous for his compositions for Dadawa * He Yanwen (何燕雯), Chinese female rower *

He Ying He Ying (, born April 17, 1977 in Jilin) is an archer from the People's Republic of China who has competed at three Summer Olympics. Career 1996 Summer Olympics In 1996 Atlanta Olympics He won the silver in the women's individual event. S ...

(何影), Chinese athlete and archer * He Yingqin (何應欽), senior Kuomintang general * He Yong (rock musician) (何勇), Chinese rock musician * He Zhi Wen (何誌文), Chinese-born Spanish male table tennis player * Ho Fuk Yan (何福仁), teacher, Chinese language author and poet in Hong Kong *

Sui He Sui He (, born September 23, 1989) is a Chinese model and actress. She was the first East Asian model to open a Ralph Lauren runway show and the second model of Chinese descent to walk in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Sui He also appeared ...

(何穗) Chinese fashion model * He Luli (何鲁丽) Chinese doctor and politician * He Bingjiao (何冰娇) Chinese badminton player *

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(何詩蓓) Hong Kong swimmer

References

External links

Chinese surname history: He
{{DEFAULTSORT:He (Surname) Chinese-language surnames Multiple Chinese surnames