# Hoy (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hoy/  
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 | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,196 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,855 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 33,574 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.4% (9,522 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEochaidh (“descendant of Eochaid”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hoy 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) | 4.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

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

## People named Hoy

- Andrew Hoy, Australian equestrian
- Dummy Hoy, American baseball player (1862–1961)
- William Hoy, American film editor
- Robert Hoy, American actor (1927-2010)

## Similar surnames

Ho, Hou, Hoey, Hoh, Hoe, Hoye, Howe, Hu, Hay, Ha, He, Huey.

## 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.