Huy Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 6
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 4
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 3

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 3
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Huy Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Huy family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 5
Governess 1
Clock & Watch Dealer 1
Needle Woman Unemployed 1
Scholar 1
Housemaid 1
Farmer Bailiff 1
Brick Maker 1
Labourer On The Roads 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Huy

Name Census Frequency
Mary Huy 22
William Huy 22
John Huy 15
James Huy 13
Elizabeth Huy 12
Sarah Huy 10
Ann Huy 8
Henry Huy 7
George Huy 5
Jane Huy 5
Robert Huy 5
Thomas Huy 5
Edward Huy 4
Margaret Huy 4
Annie Huy 3
Charles Huy 3
Clara Huy 3
Harriett Huy 3
Isabella Huy 3
Joseph Huy 3
Kate Huy 3
Louisa Huy 3
Frank Huy 2
Frederick Huy 2
Herbert Huy 2

Huy Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hay 67% 36,760
2 Hey 67% 19,967
3 Hoy 67% 10,486
4 Haye 50% 3,944
5 Hoye 50% 2,358
6 Hoey 50% 1,720
7 Heay 50% 425
8 Huey 75% 403
9 Hye 33% 380
10 Huy 100% 255

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The surname Huy is the 10th most popular variant of Hay.

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