Hovey Surname
Approximately 8,816 people bear this surname
Hovey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,894 | 1:52,576 | 6,319 |
| Canada | 879 | 1:41,918 | 5,214 |
| Australia | 540 | 1:49,992 | 6,225 |
| England | 313 | 1:178,013 | 16,129 |
| Thailand | 42 | 1:1,681,865 | 216,672 |
| Wales | 34 | 1:91,016 | 7,411 |
| New Zealand | 28 | 1:161,726 | 18,041 |
| Israel | 13 | 1:658,280 | 45,106 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7 | 1:632,838 | 19,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 132 | 1:184,662 | 15,113 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,148 | 1:23,379 | 2,925 |
Hovey (141) may also be a first name.
Hovey Demographics
Average Male Hovey Height
177.84 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Hovey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hovey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hovey occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hovey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 57,441st most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 826,627 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Hovey live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America. Hovey is also the 778,371st most frequent first name in the world It is held by 141 people.
Hovey is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 6,894 people, or 1 in 52,576. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 11 percent reside, Iowa, where 6 percent reside and Minnesota, where 5 percent reside. Other than The United States it occurs in 30 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 10 percent reside and Australia, where 6 percent reside.
Hovey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Hovey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hovey surname expanded 321 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 237 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Hovey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Hovey are 18.29% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.06% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Hovey earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 191.69% more than the national average, earning R 693,156 per year; in United States they earn 2.42% more than the national average, earning $44,194 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.82% more than the national average, earning $50,586 CAD per year.
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Hovey Reference & Research
Hevey FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Hevey FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hovey
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