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Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Vietnamese (H&acircdotu;u): unexplained.
  2. Chinese: variant of Hou.
  3. Chinese: variant of Hao.
  4. French (Gascony): topographic name from a local form of Occitan fau ‘beech tree’ (from Latin fagus).
  5. South German: topographic name from Middle High German hou, a measure of woodland.