How common is the surname Hoey?

4,062 people in the United States had the surname Hoey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,008 Americans. It ranked 8,163rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hoey?

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

Where is the surname Hoey most common?

Wikidata records people named Hoey in the United States.

Is the surname Hoey getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,096 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,062 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Hoey

An Irish surname, carried by 4,062 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hoey is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

A variant of Haughey, a surname of Irish origin.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,062 people named Hoey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,008 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,096.

#8,163

rank among US surnames

4,062

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,500)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,158	McPhee	4,065	75,952
#8,159	Paquin	4,064	75,971
#8,162	Armitage	4,063	75,990
#8,163	Hoey	4,062	76,008
#8,164	Klink	4,059	76,064
#8,168	Nunnally	4,058	76,083

Who is named Hoey

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

85% of people named Hoey identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hoeys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Clyde R. Hoey
American politician (1877-1954)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hoey

Hoey has the Soundex code H000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H000.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hoey come from?: A variant of Haughey, a surname of Irish origin.
How common is the surname Hoey?: 4,062 people in the United States had the surname Hoey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,008 Americans. It ranked 8,163rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hoey?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Hoey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hoey?: Clyde R. Hoey, American politician (1877-1954).
Where is the surname Hoey most common?: Wikidata records people named Hoey in the United States.
Is the surname Hoey getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,096 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,062 in 2010, down 0.8%.