Hoo (surname)

Hoo is a surname. The most common origin for the contemporary surname is that it is an alternate spelling of Hu (surname). Notable people with the surname include:


 * Hoo Ah Kay (1816–1880), Singaporean businessman
 * Alan Hoo (born 1951), Hong Kong barrister
 * Hoo Cha-pen (1924–2004), Taiwanese basketball coach
 * Hoo Cher Mou, Singaporean air force general and chief
 * Geri Hoo (1939–2007), actress, 1958 Miss Universe contestant as a representative of Hawaii
 * Hoo Kam Chiu (1910–?), Hong Kong sport shooter
 * Hoo Pang Ron (born 1998), Malaysian badminton player
 * Vivian Hoo Kah Mun (born 1990), Malaysian badminton player
 * Hoo Yee Fan (born 1994), Chinese chess prodigy
 * Hōō Umagorō (1866–1907), Japanese sumo wrestler
 * Hōō Tomomichi (1956–2013), Japanese sumo wrestler
 * Iso Hoo (born Carl Henrik Rosenberg, 1979), Finnish rapper
 * Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings (died 1455), member of the ancient "Hoo" or "de Hoo" family of England