Last name origins & meanings:
- Vietnamese (Hà): unexplained.
- Korean: there are
two Ha clans, each with a unique Chinese character. The founding
ancestor of the larger Ha clan was named Ha Kong-jin and settled in
the Chinju area around ad 1010. Most of the modern
descendants of Ha Kong-jin live in the Kyŏngsang and Chŏlla
provinces. The founding ancestor of the smaller of the two clans was
named Ha Hŭm, and he settled in the Taegu area after emigrating
from Song China some time in the early part of the twelfth
century. Most of the modern descendants of Ha Hŭm still live in the
Taegu area.
- Chinese:
variant of Xia. - English: unexplained.
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