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The hoey Surname

hoey Name Meaning and History

  1. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEochaidh ‘descendant of Eochaidh’, a variant of Eachaidh (see Haughey).
  2. Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead named Hoøy from Old Norse hór ‘high’ + ey ‘island’.

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

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

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Distribution of hoey Families in the US in 1920
Number of hoey families
 100-198
 34-99		 1-33
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 116 - Messages: 290
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William Hoey-Superintendent at Adams Express, NY, NY Arthur Hoey 4
Henry P. Hoey b1863-d? California, Utah, Oregon, California Arthur_Hoey 0
Hoey's in Wisconsin Wilcox Relative 4
Hattie Bell Hoy (hoey) Jennie 1
Looking for Frank and Dale Hoey bulldoghoey 7
Clarence Charles Hoey b 1885 in Delaware Arthur_Hoey 0
John Hoey/Hooey rjohnson62 0
James Hoey Stacey Hoey 5
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