# Hockey (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 521 |
| US rank (2010) | 41,728 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 592,602 people |
| Change since 2000 | -10.8% (584 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Apparently a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in southern England.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hockey 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hockey in Australia.

## People named Hockey

- Joe Hockey, Australian politician

## Similar surnames

Hickey, Houck, Hoke, Hock, Hucke, Hoch, Hosey, Hayes, Hicks, Hess, House, Haas.

## 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.