title: Hoo (surname)
text: # 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
  