apparently it’s Chinese…a last name common within the Chinese community in Jamaica his grandfather and father are Chinese I learned something today
The romanisation of his name suggests that he may be of Cantonese/Hong Kong ancestry. Ho is a common Chinese surname. “You” could mean grand in Cantonese. And “Fat” means rich in Cantonese.
I knew a girl in the second grade named Sa Bich Ho. Poor girl. New to the US, didn’t speak a word of English.