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    The surname Hockey

    A place surname, carried by 521 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H200

    Hockey: #41,728 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hockey #41,728, 521 people Hockey: #41,728 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Hockey #41,728, 521 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hockey is more common than 74.3% of them.

    Origin

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

    Hockey is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 521 people named Hockey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 592,602 Americans. That is down 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 584.

    #41,728
    rank among US surnames
    521
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -10.8%
    change since 2000 (was #36,232)

    Who is named Hockey

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Hockey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hockeys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joe Hockey
      Australian politician, born 1965

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hockey

    Hockey has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hockey come from?
    Apparently a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in southern England.
    How common is the surname Hockey?
    521 people in the United States had the surname Hockey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 592,602 Americans. It ranked 41,728th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hockey?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hockey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Hockey?
    Joe Hockey, Australian politician.
    Where is the surname Hockey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hockey in Australia.
    What type of surname is Hockey?
    Hockey is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Hockey getting more or less common?
    Less common. 584 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 521 in 2010, down 11%.