The Choy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,254 people carried this name — #6,467 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 56,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 5,116 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Choy surname
Variant of Choi.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Choy» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 142 people named Choy.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 110 people named Choy live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Choy,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Choy 1905–1990 · rugby union player -
Elizabeth Choy 1910–2006 · politician -
Elizabeth Choy 1910–2006 · politician
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Herbert Choy 1916–2004 · judge -
Nellie Choy Wong 1893– · pharmacist
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Emilio Choy 1915–1976 · intellectual
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Choy.
- Chopin 622 · U.S. census
- Choplin 419 · U.S. census
- Choppin 130 · U.S. census
- Choque 212 · U.S. census
- Chou 9,834 · U.S. census
- Chouteau 223 · U.S. census
- Chretien 1,432 · U.S. census
- Christ 7,261 · U.S. census
- Christal 417 · U.S. census
- Christe 245 · U.S. census
- Christel 460 · U.S. census
- Christen 3,813 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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