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
Average Male Hockey Height
176.24 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Hockey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hockey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hockey (Arabic: هوكي) occurs most in Australia. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Hockey.
How Common Is The Last Name Hockey? popularity and diffusion
It is the 89,332nd most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,356,832 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 37 percent of Hockey reside; 37 percent reside in Australasia and 37 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 588,797th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 232 people.
Hockey is most frequently held in Australia, where it is carried by 1,821 people, or 1 in 14,825. In Australia it is most numerous in: Victoria, where 29 percent live, Queensland, where 25 percent live and New South Wales, where 24 percent live. Outside of Australia this last name occurs in 58 countries. It also occurs in England, where 27 percent live and The United States, where 15 percent live.
Hockey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Hockey has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Hockey last name rose 180 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 715 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 199 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Hockey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Hockey last name is primarily Catholic (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Hockey surname are 8.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.38% registered with the 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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