The family tree of Hou surname in Shanxi Sophora japonica is arranged in the following ways: Ming, Ji, Kai, Wen, Yun, Jia, Sheng, Qi, Jin, Yang, Guo, En, Chuan, Shi, Yuan, Zu, De, Yan, Nian and Chang. There are five main sources of Hou surname: from Ji surname; The descendants of the Yellow Emperor historian took Hou as their surname; From the surname; In the Spring and Autumn Period, Gong Zhong, the son of Zheng Guogong's uncle, was given the surname Hou by Zhuang Gong; And changing your last name or something. Hou Shi ranked 230th in the Song version of Hundred Family Names.

Hou population accounts for about 0.29% of the Han population in China. Especially in Hunan, Anhui, Hebei, Liaoning and other provinces, the Hou surname in these four provinces accounts for about 48% of the Han population in China.