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Worldwide, Hose (Hose , Хосе , חוסה ) is quite a rare masculine first name. The forename Hose is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a rare boy's name, the Dominican Republic, where it is a rare masculine name, and Ethiopia. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Israel, Indonesia, and Ethiopia. Likewise, Hose is the last name as well as the forename.
Hose is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: José Carioca , the fictional character created by Disney, a Brazilian parrot, The Three Caballeros; José Gaspar , the apocryphal Spanish pirate; José Arcadio Buendía , character in One Hundred Years of Solitude; Gangbuster , the DC Comics character and José Tyler , the fictional character, among other works.