Ho
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ho"
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Ho
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Etymology 1 edit
From Ho 𑣙𑣉𑣉 (hoː, “Human being”).
Noun edit
Ho pl (plural only)
- A Central-Eastern Indian Adivasi tribe numbering around 1 million, mainly following the religion of Sarna Dhorom
Proper noun edit
Ho
- A Munda language spoken in India and Bangladesh.
Translations edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Chinese 何 (Mandarin: Hé, Cantonese: ho4, Hakka: Hò, Min Nan: Hô), or from Vietnamese Hồ.
Proper noun edit
Ho
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ho is the 691st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 49817 individuals. Ho is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (93.06%) individuals.
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Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Vietnamese Hồ.
Proper noun edit
Ho m anim
- a surname from Vietnamese
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This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Vietnamese Hồ.
Proper noun edit
Ho m or f
- a surname from Vietnamese
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Ho
- a surname from Hakka
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German hage, a merger of Old High German hag and hagan, from variants of Proto-Germanic *hagô (stem uncertain). Cognate with German Hag and Hain, Dutch haag, English haw. The feminine gender also in Middle Dutch haghe, Middle Low German hāge.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Ho f (plural Hoen)
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Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From Hokkien 何 (Hô) or 侯 (Hô͘).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ho (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓ)
- a Filipino-Chinese surname from Hokkien, most notably borne by:
- Gretchen Ho, volleyball player and television host
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Ho is the 730th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 12,696 individuals.