Hoye Surname

114,578th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,034 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Hoye Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the hoy,' from residence thereby. Probably a provincial form of How, which see, compare Hoyle for Hole.

Adamdel Hoy, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Hugo del Hoy, 1379: ibid.

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Hoye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,8651:126,51313,425
Australia4691:57,5607,009
England4101:135,89813,318
Canada1031:357,72432,292
South Africa501:1,083,55464,652
France301:2,214,091176,965
Northern Ireland171:108,5326,545
Cameroon141:1,483,50583,777
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Ireland51:941,78816,185
Wales51:618,90625,852
India51:153,413,076951,030
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
China21:683,660,78330,601
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland511:86,8605,892
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2121:114,97811,150
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5221:96,2049,802

Hoye (202) may also be a first name.

Hoye Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the hoy,' from residence thereby. Probably a provincial form of How, which see, compare Hoyle for Hole.

Adamdel Hoy, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Hugo del Hoy, 1379: ibid.

Robertus del Hoye, carnifex, 1379: ibid.

1645. Baptised — William, s. Christopher Hoye: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1802. Married — William Hoy and Dorothy Leplatneir: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(1) local, from some place of the name near the Border, perhaps now obsolete. Jhone Hoye of Colmesliehill, 1607, and Jasper Hoye there in the following year (RRM., I, p. 38, 67). Peter Hoy in Newhouses, 1653 (Lauder). (2) The Orkney surname is also of local origin, from the island of Hoy (c. 1225 Haey high island).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) variant of Hoe, q.v. (Scandinavian) belonging to Hoy (Orkney), 13th cent. Haey = the High Island [Old Norse há-r + ey] (Celtic) for the Irish O'h-Eochaidh=Descendant of Eochaidh.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English, Irish, Chinese) Dweller at a bluff or hill; grandson of Eochaidh (horseman); sea.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Same as Hoey, Mac Hoey, for Mackay, Mac Kay, or Mac-Aiodh, the son of Hugh. It may sometimes be from Hoy, an island and parish of Orkney.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Hoye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hoye (Marathi: भोये) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hoye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 114,578th most widespread family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,806,531 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Hoye reside; 70 percent reside in North America and 70 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Hoye is also the 637,340th most frequent first name internationally, held by 202 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 2,865 people, or 1 in 126,513. In The United States Hoye is primarily concentrated in: California, where 9 percent live, Illinois, where 7 percent live and Michigan, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States this last name is found in 38 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 12 percent live and England, where 10 percent live.

Hoye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Hoye has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Hoye last name grew 549 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 193 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 90 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hoye Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (92%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Hoye surname are 7.11% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.88% registered with the party.

The amount Hoye earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 63.92% less than the national average, earning R 85,728 per year; in United States they earn 6.67% more than the national average, earning $46,025 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.75% more than the national average, earning $51,047 CAD per year.

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Hoyyett730/
Ye677,320,967/
Hayes67355,769/
Hoyos67137,854/
Oe6735,644/
Howie6716,832/
Heyes676,447/
Oy675,942/
Choya675,425/
Howey675,026/
Hogge673,639/
Oyier672,931/
Khoje672,507/
Hayet672,449/
Chowe672,320/
Ahoue672,257/
Hayee672,256/
Khoya672,063/
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Hoyas671,671/
Khoyi671,463/
Choyo671,216/
Houet671,195/
Hayeh671,166/
Goiye671,105/
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Ouyed67702/
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Choei67659/
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Hoveh67354/
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Cheye67304/
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Hoyhi67268/
Oweye67232/
Hayed67220/
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Hoye Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Hoye in the Marathi language
भोयेbhoye-

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