Hockey Surname
Approximately 5,371 people bear this surname
Hockey Surname Definition:
(English) apparently not local, but from the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Hoc, Hoc(c)a, with the diminutive suff. -y.
Hockey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1,821 | 1:14,825 | 2,104 |
| England | 1,465 | 1:38,033 | 4,947 |
| United States | 801 | 1:452,508 | 38,728 |
| Canada | 279 | 1:132,063 | 13,716 |
| South Africa | 209 | 1:259,223 | 26,097 |
| Wales | 167 | 1:18,530 | 1,992 |
| Namibia | 155 | 1:15,545 | 2,826 |
| New Zealand | 144 | 1:31,447 | 5,459 |
| Guernsey | 88 | 1:732 | 115 |
| Afghanistan | 42 | 1:765,552 | 8,131 |
| Scotland | 39 | 1:137,277 | 8,372 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 812 | 1:30,019 | 4,029 |
| Wales | 84 | 1:18,672 | 1,092 |
| Guernsey | 13 | 1:2,512 | 419 |
| Jersey | 6 | 1:8,647 | 1,503 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 112 | 1:448,381 | 32,409 |
Hockey (232) may also be a first name.
Hockey Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) apparently not local, but from the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Hoc, Hoc(c)a, with the diminutive suff. -y.
Hockey Demographics
Hockey Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Hockey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hockey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hockey (Arabic: هوكي) occurs more in Australia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hockey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 89,332nd most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,356,832 people. The last name Hockey is primarily found in Oceania, where 37 percent of Hockey live; 37 percent live in Australasia and 37 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. Hockey is also the 588,797th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 232 people.
The last name Hockey is most widely held in Australia, where it is borne by 1,821 people, or 1 in 14,825. In Australia Hockey is primarily found in: Victoria, where 29 percent live, Queensland, where 25 percent live and New South Wales, where 24 percent live. Besides Australia this last name is found in 58 countries. It is also common in England, where 27 percent live and The United States, where 15 percent live.
Hockey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Hockey has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 180 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 715 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 199 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Hockey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Hockey last name is chiefly Catholic (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States Hockey are 8.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.38% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Hockey earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 121.65% more than the national average, earning R 526,716 per year; in United States they earn 1.4% less than the national average, earning $42,546 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.81% less than the national average, earning $48,286 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hockey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hockey in the Arabic language | ||
| هوكي | hwky | - |
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