# Hoey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hoey/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,062 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,163 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 76,008 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.8% (4,096 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

A variant of Haughey, a surname of Irish origin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hoey 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hoey in the United States.

## People named Hoey

- Clyde R. Hoey, American politician (1877-1954)

## Similar surnames

Ho, He, Huey, Hoy, Hey, Heo, Hoe, Howe, Howey, Hoye, Hu, Hay.

## 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.