Hè (surname)
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For the surname Hé (何), see He (surname).
Hè (simplified Chinese: 贺; traditional Chinese: 賀; pinyin: Hè; IPA: [xɤ̂])), also romanized as Ho, is a Chinese surname that is 71st in the list of the top 100 most common Chinese family names. The Chinese character 贺 / 賀 means "celebrate" or "congratulate." According to a 2013 study, He was the 86th most common surname, shared by 2,740,000 people or 0.210% of the population, with the province with the most people being Hunan.[1] It is the 70th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.[2]