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The hey Surname

hey Name Meaning and History

  1. English (Yorkshire): habitational name from a place called Hey.
  2. Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived on a heath, Dutch hei, heide.
  3. German: metonymic occupational name for a grower or mower of grass, from Middle High German höu ‘grass’, ‘hay’.
  4. North German (Frisian) and Dutch: from a Germanic personal name formed with hag ‘fence’, ‘enclosure’ as the first element.
  5. South German: occupational name from Middle High German heie ‘ranger’, ‘warden’, ‘guard’ or a topographic name from Middle High German haie ‘protected wood’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The hey name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the hey family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of hey Families in the US in 1920
Number of hey families
 31-59
 11-30		 1-10
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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