Hao (surname)

Hao (郝)

Pronunciation| Hǎo (Mandarin)
Language(s)| Chinese
Origin
Language(s)| Old Chinese
Meaning| a place in modern-day Shanxi province
Other names
Variant form(s)| Hau

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]

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[when?]
3. traced back to a minority ethnic group in ancient southern China.

## Notable people

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* Hao Meng (died 196), Eastern Han officer under Lü Bu
* Hao Zhao (fl. 228), Cao Wei general
* Hao Chujun (607–681), Tang dynasty chancellor
* Hao Weizhen (1842–1920), tai chi master
* Hao Peng (1881–?), Republic of China politician
* Hao Mengling (1892–1937), Republic of China general
* Hao Pengju (1903–1947), Republic of China general
* Fan Ming, born Hao Keyong (1914–2010), general and leader in Tibet
* Andrew Hao or Hao Jinli (1916–2011), bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Xiwanzi
* Hau Pei-tsun or Hao Bocun (1919–2020), retired general and former Premier of the Republic of China
* Hao Jianxiu (born 1935), PRC politician, member of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party
* Hao Jiming (born 1946), environmental engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
* Hau Lung-pin or Hao Longbin (born 1952), Mayor of Taipei, son of Hau Pei-tsun
* Hao Ping (born 1959), PRC Vice Minister of Education
* Hao Peng (born 1960), PRC politician, Governor of Qinghai province
* Hao Haitao (born 1968), football player and coach
* Hao Haidong (born 1970), football player
* Hao Qun (born 1974), writer with pen name of Murong Xuecun
* Hao Wei (born 1976), football player
* Hao Lei (born 1978), actress
* Hao Shuai (born 1983), table tennis player
* Hao Junmin (born 1987), football player
* Hao Xingchen, football player
* Hao Yonghe (born 1989), football player
* Hao Yun (born 1995), swimmer, Olympic medalist
* Hao Siwen, a character in the classical novel Water Margin
* Leo Hao, Russian artist
* Lin Hao, Chinese architect

## References

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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

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* Hao (given name)
* Hao (name)
* Haozhuang (disambiguation), villages connected to the Hao family

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100 most common family names in mainland China (2020)

1–25|

* Wáng 王
* Lǐ 李
* Zhāng 张/張
* Liú 刘/劉
* Chén 陈/陳
* Yáng 杨/杨
* Huáng 黄/黃
* Zhào 赵
* Wú 吴/吳
* Zhōu 周
* Xú 徐
* Sūn 孙/孫
* Mǎ 马/馬
* Zhū 朱
* Hú 胡
* Guō 郭
* Hé 何
* Lín 林
* Luó 罗/羅
* Gāo 高
* Zhèng 郑/鄭
* Liáng 梁
* Xiè 谢/謝
* Sòng 宋
* Táng 唐

26–50|

* Xǔ 许/許
* Hán 韩/韓
* Dèng 邓/鄧
* Féng 冯/馮
* Cáo 曹
* Péng 彭
* Zēng 曾
* Xiāo 萧/蕭
* Tián 田
* Dǒng 董
* Pān 潘
* Yuán 袁
* Cài 蔡
* Jiǎng 蒋/蔣
* Yú 余
* Yú 于
* Dù 杜
* Yè 叶/葉
* Chéng 程
* Wèi 魏
* Sū 苏/蘇
* Lǚ 吕/呂
* Dīng 丁
* Rén 任
* Lú 卢/盧

51–75|

* Yáo 姚
* Shěn 沈/沉
* Zhōng 钟/鍾
* Jiāng 姜
* Cuī 崔
* Tán 谭/譚
* Lù 陆/陸
* Fàn 范
* Wāng 汪
* Liào 廖
* Shí 石
* Jīn 金
* Wéi 韦/韋
* Jiǎ 贾/賈
* Xià 夏
* Fù 傅
* Fāng 方
* Zōu 邹/鄒
* Xióng 熊
* Bái 白
* Mèng 孟
* Qín 秦
* Qiū 邱
* Hóu 侯
* Jiāng 江

76–100|

* Yǐn 尹
* Xuē 薛
* Yán 阎/閻
* Duàn 段
* Léi 雷
* Lóng 龙/龍
* Lí 黎
* Shǐ 史
* Táo 陶
* Hè 贺/賀
* Máo 毛
* Hǎo 郝
* Gù 顾/顧
* Gōng 龚/龔
* Shào 邵
* Wàn 万/萬
* Qín 覃
* Wǔ 武
* Qián 钱/錢
* Dài 戴
* Yán 严/嚴
* Mò 莫
* Kǒng 孔
* Xiàng 向
* Cháng 常

Related|

* Hundred Family Surnames
* List of common Chinese surnames
* 101–200 Most Common Family Names in mainland China

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