as a Last Name
- 8,742
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Hoy
Meaning & Origins
English (mainly East Anglia): metonymic occupational name for a sailor, from Middle Dutch hoey ‘cargo ship’.
| 3,523rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,742
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Pennsylvania
- has the most people named Hoy per capita
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