Hoe is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hoe
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

The variation of the Keogh. the Irish surname Mac Eochy, or Eochaid.

The family claim descent from Fergus, king of Ulster, and from Roderick the Great, king of all Ireland.

Hoe is a variant of Hue. Orthographical variations of the names Hugh, Hewet, Hewetson.

The variant of Kehoe. The horseman or jockey.

A variation of Hoye. Dweller at a bluff or hill; grandson of Eochaidh meaning "horseman"; Sea.

The family name Hoe is a form of the Hoey. Grandson of Eochaidh meaning "horseman".

The variation of Huey. Descendant of little Hugh meaning "spirit; May also be a varint of Hoey, Grandson of Eochaidh.

Variant form of Keough. The son of Eochaidh meaning "horseman".

Anglo-Saxon hou, a hill-as the Hoe at Plymouth.

How popular is Hoe?

Hoe is common in Malaysia, Singapore, United States, England, Brunei, Denmark, Indonesia, Australia, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Thailand, Brazil, Qatar, United Arab Emirates.

Hoe is ranked 49922 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Hoe bearers increased by 5.3 per cent in 2010 US census to 596 since 2000, the surname slipped by 297 spots and ranked at 37391. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 45.13 43.46
White 33.72 38.16
Black 9.4 9.72
Others 8.22 5.83
Hispanic or Latino 3.52 0
Hoe is quite popular family name mostly used in Malaysia however Brunei lie ahead in terms of density. Around 10299 people have been found who wears Hoe as their family name. Hoe is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Hoe:
779 Malaysia4,953
Countries with hundreds of Hoe:
376 Singapore946
35,825 United States880
9,109 England675
201 Brunei424
1,391 Denmark398
30,926 Indonesia369
14,085 Australia209
847 Hong Kong155
2,463 Cambodia142
88,691 Thailand139
52,208 Brazil136
2,013 Qatar125
7,365 United Arab Emirates113
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
38,948 Canada82
192,972 India77
19,694 Papua New Guinea57
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,574 New Zealand50
2,134 Solomon Islands49
1,857 China39
585 Myanmar36
168,616 France33
147,509 Philippines30
43,971 Belgium27
2,464 Vietnam16
7,342 Northern Ireland14
34,015 Norway14
15,850 Wales11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
81,846 Netherlands10
903 South Korea10
16,335 Taiwan9
178,634 Argentina7
116,183 Sweden6
340,600 Germany6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

24 years old farmer Joseph Hoe who was residing in Baden migrated to New York on April 23, 1855 by Confederation put out from Havre. John-H. Hoe, aged 24, G. Hoe, aged 40, Richard Hoe (20), Thomas Hoe, aged 22, 20 years old C.C. Hoe, Valentin Hoe (19) Farmer, Heinrich Hoe, Jette Hoe (6), Louise Hoe, aged 25, Marie Hoe, aged 3, 25 years old Anton Hoe, 32 years old C.F. Hoe, and 10 other Hoe around 46.67% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer migrated to US from Bremen, Hamburg, Havana, Havre & Santander, Liverpool, Falmouth & Havre, Bremen & Southampton and Havre & London.

Hoe Namesakes

  • Richard March Hoe, American inventor from New York City
  • Robert Hoe, master carpenter and machinist
  • Ho Yuen Hoe, Buddhist nun affectionately known as Singapore's "grand dame of charity" in recognition of her lifelong devotion

Hoe Namesakes

  • Richard March Hoe, American inventor from New York City
  • Robert Hoe, master carpenter and machinist
  • Ho Yuen Hoe, Buddhist nun affectionately known as Singapore's "grand dame of charity" in recognition of her lifelong devotion

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