Hu (surname)
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| Chinese | 胡 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese alphabet | Hồ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 호 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 胡 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hu (胡) is a Chinese surname. In 2006, it was the 15th most common surname in China. In 2013, it was the 13th most common in China, with 13.7 million Chinese sharing this surname. In 2019, Hu dropped to 15th most common surname in mainland China.
Some other, less common surnames pronounced Hu include 瓠, 護, 戶, 扈, 虎, 呼, 忽, 斛 and 壶. In Cantonese, “胡” is also pronounced as "Wu" or "Woo".