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Family name Hŏ (許 , ホ , Hŏ ) , around the globe, is a widespread cognomen. The cognomen Hŏ is characteristic of Eastern Asia, particularly South Korea, where it is a common surname, China, where it is quite a rare surname, and Japan, where it is a rare surname. Much less frequently, Hŏ is the forename as well as the last name.