Hockaday Family History
Hockaday Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English Hocedei,
Hokedey ‘Hock-day’, the second Tuesday after Easter. This was
formerly a time at which rents and dues were paid, and from the 14th
century it was a popular festival. The name possibly denoted someone
born at this time of year.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Hockaday Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hockaday families
 30 - 58  11 - 29 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Hockaday families
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87 - 172 30 - 86 |
1 - 29 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Hockaday Family Origin
Hockaday Immigration Information
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Hockaday Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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