# Hickey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hickey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 29,350 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,206 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,519 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (28,970 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Irish Ó hÍcidhe (“descendant of a healer”), from ící (“healer”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hickey in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hickey in the United States and Australia.

## People named Hickey

- William Hickey, American actor (1927–1997)
- John Benjamin Hickey, American actor
- Kenny Hickey, American guitarist and singer
- Jack Hickey, Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer (1887–1950)
- Joe Hickey, American politician (1911-1970)
- Anthony Hickey, American basketball player (born 1992)
- Angus Cloud, American actor from California (1998–2023)

## Similar surnames

Hucke, Hockey, Hicks, Hice, Hisey, Hayes, Hess, House, Haas, Hays, Hooks, Hawk.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.