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Updated January 23, 2020

Family name origins & meanings

  • Chinese : from the name of Hao village, in present-day Shanxi province. The penultimate king of the Shang dynasty, Di Yi (1191–1155 bc) granted this place to one of his sons. Descendants of this son eventually adopted Hao as their surname.

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