Haughey

English

Alternative forms

• Hoey

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEochaidh (“descendant of Eochaid”).

Proper noun

Haughey (plural Haugheys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Haughey is the 17135^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1654 individuals. Haughey is most common among White (96.13%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Haughey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 142.