Hao (surname)

Hao is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written 郝 in Chinese characters. It is listed 77th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] As of 2008, it is the 82nd most common surname in China, shared by 2.7 million people.[2]

Hao (郝)
PronunciationHǎo (Mandarin)
Language(s)Chinese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
Meaninga place in modern-day Shanxi province
Other names
Variant form(s)Hau

Origins:[3]

  1. the name of a fief (located in modern Taiyuan, Shanxi) granted to Zi Qi, a person during the reign of king Di Yi during the Shang dynasty
  2. traced back to the Wuhuan people
  3. traced back to a minority ethnic group in ancient southern China.

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References
  1. "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  2. "中国最新300大姓排名（2008）" [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
  3. Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, Peter McClure, The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

See also
  • Haozhuang (disambiguation), villages connected to the Hao family
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