Hockerday Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Hockerday Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Hockday.' An ecclesiastical festival commencing the fifteenth day after Easter, styled Hokeday or Hocktide. The feast ceased to be observed after the Reformation (v. Brand's Pop.

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Hockerday Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:2,321,58686,519
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Hockerday Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Hockday.' An ecclesiastical festival commencing the fifteenth day after Easter, styled Hokeday or Hocktide. The feast ceased to be observed after the Reformation (v. Brand's Pop. Ant.) The child would be so named from being born or baptized during this festival; compare Christmas, Pask, Nowell, Pentecost, Whitsunday, &c. Pentecost is still a baptismal name in Cornwall, or was up to the beginning of the present century. The 'a' in Hockaday is intrusive; compare Green-a-way, Ott-a-way, &c.

Kin Hockeday, temp. Elizabeth: Calendar of Proceedings in Chancery, temp. Elizabeth I.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Hockerday Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hockerday Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Hockerday is most common in England. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Hockerday click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hockerday? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,034,050th most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. Hockerday occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Hockerday reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in British Isles.

Hockerday is most common in England, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 2,321,586. In England it is most frequent in: Durham, where 42 percent reside, Hampshire, where 33 percent reside and Surrey, where 21 percent reside.

Hockerday Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hockerday has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hockerdy940/
Hockerdey890/
Hookerday890/
Hocerdy880/
Oskerday820/
Hokerdi751/
Hukerda750/
Eckorday710/
Acerda67245/
Okarda6718/
Okorda6713/

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