Hosé

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Hosé is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle English hose (“leggings, hose”), from Old English hose, hosa (“hose, leggings”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“coverings, leggings, trousers”), from Proto-Ind.

rarermore common
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 55K(inferred from the name graph)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 71K
  • USUnited States1 in 146K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈7,400 people, est.

Sources
237 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 55K (inferred from the name graph)

Australia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Hose in US United States, DE Germany, AU Australia and 3 more and Hoese in CN China.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Hosé: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Hosé
  1. Middle Englishhose“leggings“leggings, hose”(measured from records)
  2. Old Englishhose“hose“hose, leggings”(measured from records)
  3. Proto-West Germanic*hosā(measured from records)
  4. Proto-Germanic*husǭ“coverings“coverings, leggings, trousers”(measured from records)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*s(measured from records)

From Middle English hose (“leggings, hose”), from Old English hose, hosa (“hose, leggings”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“coverings, leggings, trousers”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Cognates: Compare West Frisian hoas (“hose”), Dutch hoos (“stocking, water-hose”), German Hose (“trousers”). Compare Tocharian A kać (“skin”), Russian кишка́ (kišká, “gut”), Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”), Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “intestine”). More at sky.

Sources 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • A Frequency Dictionary of German
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hosé counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Hosé is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈7,400 est.≈1 in 187K—Hoese1
US United States2,2761 in 146K2.5KHose237
DE Germany≈1,100 est.≈1 in 71K—Hose68
AU Australia≈460 est.≈1 in 55K—Hose99
GB United Kingdom≈410 est.≈1 in 159K—Hose81
SG Singapore≈58 est.≈1 in 107K—Hose7
NZ New Zealand≈33 est.≈1 in 150K—Hose29

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Hosé is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hungarian name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Hose

  • Norwegian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom

    Languages: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish

    Also written Hose, Höse

4 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Hosé mean, and where does it come from?
From Middle English hose (“leggings, hose”), from Old English hose, hosa (“hose, leggings”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“coverings, leggings, trousers”), from Proto-Ind… Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 2 other sources.
In which country does Hosé have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 7.4 thousand people named Hosé in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hoese.
How common is the name Hosé?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,276 people named Hosé in 2010, about 1 in 146 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hosé”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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