Hoh

See also: hoh

English

Etymology

• As a German surname, spelling variant of Höh, from Middle High German hoch (“high”); compare Hoch.
• As a Chinese surname, from romanizations of various surnames:
  • 何 and 賀／贺 (hè) (see He)
  • 霍 (huò) (see Huo)
  • 郝 (hǎo) (see Hao)
  • 侯 (see Hou)
  • Possibly also a variant of 胡 (hú) (see Hu), according to the 2003 edition of the Dictionary of American Family Names.

Proper noun

Hoh (plural Hohs)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hoh is the 31285^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 741 individuals. Hoh is most common among White (64.91%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (31.04%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hoh”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 190.