Hookway
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Habitational surname from a minor place near Crediton, Devon, from Old English hōc (“hook; hook-shaped bend in a river”) + weġ (“way, path, road”).
Proper noun
[edit]Hookway (plural Hookways)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hookway is the 101247th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 178 individuals. Hookway is most common among White (94.38%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hookway”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 199.