Hon is used as a family name or surname in Hong Kong. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hon
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Hong Kong
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Hon

How popular is Hon?

Hon is common in Hong Kong.

Hon is ranked 3363 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Hons grew by 12.90172 per cent to 2424 since 2000 and ranked 12732 after elevating 343 spots. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 56.97 58.83
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 36.06 34.51
Hispanic or Latino 2.68 2.14
Black 2.35 1.86
Hon is quite popular family name mostly used in China while Vatican City is ahead in terms of density. Around 161770 people have been found who wears Hon as their family name. Hon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,565 Costa Rica8
9,568 Thailand8
7,646 Japan7
119,732 Spain5
5,779 Uganda4
14,126 Colombia3
20,541 Peru3
1,389 Grenada3
5,909 Bangladesh3
14,193 Egypt3
25,074 Greece3
761 Brunei3
70,383 Tanzania3
2,744 Rwanda2
5,671 Guatemala2
65,594 Belgium2
24,766 Scotland2
2,705 Togo2
427 Somalia2
4,104 South Korea2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
23,858 Iran2
19,046 Ireland2
28,232 Morocco2
10,284 Kuwait2
34,681 Norway2
1,256 Myanmar2
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
12,270 Lebanon1
97 Tuvalu1
8,181 Botswana1
7,191 Afghanistan1
2,374 Bermuda1
4 Vatican City1
28,746 Algeria1
6,033 Benin1
120,357 Argentina1
37,493 Austria1
7,790 Zambia1
1,005 The Gambia1
11,510 Oman1
3,275 Nepal1
2,024 Mongolia1
56,169 Mexico1
6,688 Malawi1
20,172 Hungary1
4,942 Libya1
2,078 Lesotho1
9,498 Iceland1
6,212 Jamaica1
17,768 Pakistan1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
6,149 Ethiopia1
11,831 Tajikistan1
8,371 Syria1
81,201 Switzerland1
3,243 Suriname1
624 Solomon Islands1
10,683 Cyprus1
235 São Tomé and Príncipe1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
24,176 Qatar1
58,885 Poland1
153,416 Italy1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
13,872 New Zealand43
26,164 Sweden36
57,220 Netherlands27
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
Countries with hundreds of Hon:
12,991 Indonesia945
120 Macau805
6,439 Canada663
21,418 Philippines644
8,131 Kenya628
12,297 South Africa511
6,268 Cameroon496
13,302 England446
6,552 Australia442
4,014 Czech Republic424
31,047 Germany336
36,063 Brazil318
1,570 Honduras296
6,413 Venezuela251
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
53,810 France184
1,561 Mauritius164
10,102 Israel106
Countries with thousands of Hon:
412 Vietnam9,141
564 Cambodia4,104
11,593 United States3,082
16,009 India2,764
364 Taiwan1,507
370 Singapore1,443
2,482 Ghana1,278
Countries with ten thousands of Hon:
350 China94,759
310 Malaysia12,926
2,000 Nigeria12,532
95 Hong Kong10,095
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Comments

M
Merrilee Mariscal
Hon is an original locality name Hon-Hergies in the department of the North.

Hon Namesakes

  • Aaliya Honey, Shehbaz Sharif's ex-wife
  • Aarne Honkavaara, Ice hockey player
  • Aarne Honka, Politician
  • Med Hondo, Film director
  • Abigail Honor, Film Editor
  • Abigail Honor, Film Editor
  • Dean Honer, Record producer
  • Peter Honess, Film Editor
  • Aiko Honda, Actress
  • Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, Royal Lady of the Garter
  • Ma Je Hon played the critical character of The Lonely Man in 2015 documentary, romance flick China 1000 Lights.
  • In 2009, Kahoe Hon portrayed the role of Kahoe in drama movie Talentime.

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