Hayes

in New York

There are 6,733 people with the last name "Hayes" in New York.

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Ranking in New York

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Hayes 120
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  1. is 116th most common Clarke
  2. is 117th most common Foster
  3. is 118th most common Richardson
  4. is 119th most common Simmons
  5. is 120th most common Hayes
  6. is 121st most common Jimenez
  7. is 122nd most common Cole
  8. is 123rd most common Watson
  9. is 124th most common Palmer

Similar Names and Nicknames

Hawes, Hayek, Haye, Hayer, Hayen, Hayenga, Hayez, Hayeck, Hayess, Hayens

Most Common First Names for Hayes

John, Robert, James, Michael, William, Thomas, David, Richard, Mary, Charles



Meaning & History

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodha ‘descendant of Aodh’, a personal name meaning ‘fire’ (compare McCoy). In some cases, especially in County Wexford, the surname is of English origin (see below), having been taken to Ireland by the Normans.

English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Devon and Worcestershire, so called from the plural of Middle English hay ‘enclosure’ (see Hay 1), or a topographic name from the same word.

English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Dorset, Greater London (formerly in Kent and Middlesex), and Worcestershire, so called from Old English hǣse ‘brushwood’, or a topographic name from the same word.

English: patronymic from Hay 3.

French: variant (plural) of Haye 3.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): metronymic from Yiddish name Khaye ‘life’ + the Yiddish possessive suffix -s.

FOREBEARS U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes (18221893), born in Delaware, OH, was descended from old New England families on both sides. Through the paternal line he was descended from George Hayes, who emigrated from Scotland in 1680 and settled in Windsor, CT.


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