The Hickey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 29,350 people carried this name — #1,206 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 28,970 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hickey surname

From Irish Ó hÍcidhe (“descendant of a healer”), from ící (“healer”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hickey» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Richard’.

An early record he cites: Johanna Hickson, 1379 — Poll Tax, West Riding of Yorkshire.

His entry covers Hick, Hickey and Hickson.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 381 · public domain.

In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 139 births for the Hickey name in 1890.

They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 6,200 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 7 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Cork, Tipperary, Dublin, Limerick, and Clare.”

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born, 1890

Munster 82
Leinster 45
Ulster 7
Connacht 5

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In print

Hickey in American newspapers,
1901–1922.

Newspaper page from Pullman Herald carrying the name Hickey
Pullman Herald 1922-10-20
Newspaper page from Pullman Herald carrying the name Hickey
Pullman Herald 1921-10-21
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Hickey
The Salt Lake Herald 1901-07-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 134,296 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hickey in Australian newspapers,
1810s–2000s.

74,278 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hickey. The most, 15,692, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Northern Territory, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 28,945
Victoria 18,250
Queensland 14,337
Western Australia 8,493
South Australia 2,270
Tasmania 1,312
ACT (Canberra) 436
Northern Territory 151

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hickey.

Who carried it

People named Hickey,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Hickey
    William Hickey 1749–1830 · writer
  • William Hickey
    William Hickey 1749–1830 · writer
  • Frederick Hickey
    Frederick Hickey 1775–1839 · naval officer
  • Sr Patricia Hickey d. 1999 · religious sister
  • Ann Playfair d. 1861
  • Julia Isabella Briscoe d. 1886

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hickey,
in the records of 9 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States9,446 records

9,446 records of the Hickey name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3,040
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2,776
  • Other U.S. records 3,630
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Edward Robert Hickey

    Born 1949; from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, infantry unit commander; killed in action 1969 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Huachuca Post Cemetery, Arizona.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Maurice F. Hickey

    Born 1907 in Rhode Island. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts; office clerk. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Mount Saint Benedict Cemetery, Connecticut.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Madeline Hickey

    Arrived at New York in 1890 aboard the Chester from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 20; servant. From Tipperary, Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 9,446 records for Hickey in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia2,911 records

2,911 records of the Hickey name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1,299
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 592
  • Other Australian records 1,020
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Bridget Hickey

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the John Calvin, sailing from London in 1848. Native of Dublin, Dublin. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1850.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Mary Hickey

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Martin Luther, sailing from Dublin in 1852. Native of Waterford. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1854.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bartholomew Hickey

    Arrived in Queensland in 1888 aboard the Waroonga, aged 24.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 2,911 records for Hickey in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Ballarat, Avenue of Honour Plaques (CC BY 3.0 AU). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada404 records

404 records of the Hickey name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 309
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 35
  • Other Canadian records 60
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Edward Hickey

    Killed in the Halifax Explosion of 1917, aged 32.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Dennis Hickey

    Came to Ontario in 1869 aboard the Dacia, landing at Quebec, bound for Guelph, Ontario; Irish.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Rose Ethel Hickey

    Buried in 1962 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 72.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.

Showing 3 of 404 records for Hickey in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

New Zealand54 records

54 records of the Hickey name in New Zealand
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 34
  • Marlborough District cemetery records 10
  • Other New Zealand records 10
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record William Patrick Hickey

    Died 1960, aged 80; buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Hickey

    Buried in 1882 at Shortland Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 59.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Bartholomew Patrick Hickey

    Died 1990, aged 65; buried at Picton Cemetery, Marlborough.

    Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 54 records for Hickey in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0) · Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Canterbury Maps (Environment Canterbury), Timaru and Mackenzie District Councils (CC BY 3.0 NZ). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom24 records

24 records of the Hickey name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 19
  • Stirling Council burial records 2
  • Other British records 3
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Helen Monteath Hickey

    Died 1947, aged 79; buried at Dunblane Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William Nevin Hickey

    Will proved in 1926; of Llandudno, Carnarvon.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Ann Hickey

    Buried in 1835 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 64.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing 3 of 24 records for Hickey in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Ireland10 records

10 records of the Hickey name in Ireland County Galway graveyard records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Martin Hickey

    Died 1954, aged 30; buried at Lettermore Leitir Móir, Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Stephen Hickey

    Died 1985; buried at Dunmore, Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 10 records for Hickey in Ireland.

Counts: Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Netherlands3 records

3 records of the Hickey name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  • Dutch population registers 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Jane Hickey

    Died 1855 in Anjum, aged 78.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Edward Thomas Hickey

    Married in 1945 in Eindhoven.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Hickey in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

France2 records

2 records of the Hickey name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Mary Hickey

    Born 1901 in Ireland; died 1993 in Béziers (Hérault).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Hickey in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Belgium1 record

1 record of the Hickey name in Belgium Belgian population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Joanna Hickey

    In the population register of Long Pore Island; nun, born 1852 in Long Pore Island.

    Open Archives, Erfgoedcel Denderland (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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