Hey Family History
Hey Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from a place called Hey.Dutch: topographic name for
someone who lived on a heath, Dutch hei, heide.German: metonymic occupational name for a grower or mower of
grass, from Middle High German höu ‘grass’, ‘hay’.North
German (Frisian) and Dutch: from a Germanic personal name formed with
hag ‘fence’, ‘enclosure’ as the first element.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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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Hey
Name Distribution of Hey Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hey families
 31 - 59  11 - 30 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Hey families
|
931 - 1,859 311 - 930 |
1 - 310 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hey families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hey census records
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Hey Family Origin
Hey Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Hey
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Hey Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Hey census records
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Hey Civil War Service Records
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