How common is the surname Hoy?

9,196 people in the United States had the surname Hoy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,574 Americans. It ranked 3,855th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hoy?

In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Hoy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

Who is the most famous person named Hoy?

Andrew Hoy, Australian equestrian, followed by Dummy Hoy.

Where is the surname Hoy most common?

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

Is the surname Hoy getting more or less common?

Less common. 9,522 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,196 in 2010, down 3.4%.

The surname Hoy

A patronymic surname, carried by 9,196 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hoy is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

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

Hoy is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,196 people named Hoy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,574 Americans. That is down 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,522.

#3,855

rank among US surnames

9,196

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

-3.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,437)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,851	Collado	9,201	33,556
#3,853	Islas	9,200	33,559
#3,854	Bader	9,197	33,570
#3,855	Hoy	9,196	33,574
#3,856	Sweat	9,194	33,581

Who is named Hoy

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

85% of people named Hoy identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hoys

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Andrew Hoy
Australian equestrian, born 1959
Dummy Hoy
American baseball player (1862–1961)
William Hoy
American film editor, born 1955
Robert Hoy
American actor (1927-2010)

Notable Hoys come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hoy

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

Questions

Where does the surname Hoy come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEochaidh (“descendant of Eochaid”).
How common is the surname Hoy?: 9,196 people in the United States had the surname Hoy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,574 Americans. It ranked 3,855th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hoy?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Hoy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hoy?: Andrew Hoy, Australian equestrian, followed by Dummy Hoy.
Where is the surname Hoy most common?: Wikidata records people named Hoy in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Hoy?: Hoy is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Hoy getting more or less common?: Less common. 9,522 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,196 in 2010, down 3.4%.