The Hovey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,927 people carried this name — #6,840 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,900 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,951).

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

80 families named Hovey, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 516 people lived in those households, 6.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Massachusetts 34
New Hampshire 15
Connecticut 14
Maine 6
Vermont 5
New York 4
Pennsylvania 1
North Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 246 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Hovey in American newspapers,
1911.

Newspaper page from The Chickasha Daily Express carrying the name Hovey
The Chickasha Daily Express 1911-02-21
Newspaper page from Evening Capital And Maryland Gazette carrying the name Hovey
Evening Capital And Maryland Gazette 1911-12-04
Newspaper page from The Chickasha Daily Express carrying the name Hovey
The Chickasha Daily Express 1911-02-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 83,739 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hovey in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1980s.

1,689 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hovey. The most, 462, 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 Western Australia, at 2.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 474
Queensland 409
Victoria 382
Western Australia 344
South Australia 43
Tasmania 10
ACT (Canberra) 8

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

Who carried it

People named Hovey,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Huldah Ely Hayden
    Huldah Ely Hayden 1772–1844
  • Edmund Otis Hovey
    Edmund Otis Hovey 1801–1877 · teacher
  • Charles Mason Hovey
    Charles Mason Hovey 1810–1887 · botanist
  • Sarah Cook 1662–1739
  • Abigail Hovey 1682–1764
  • Ivory Hovey 1714–1803

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hovey,
in the records of 4 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 States519 records

519 records of the Hovey name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 146
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 116
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 86
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 82
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 52
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 24
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 5
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James B. Hovey

    Born 1918 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1941 at Buffalo, New York; waiter. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1974, buried at Sampson Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Romulus, New York.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1835 aboard the Henry Thompson from London, aged 50; weaver. From England; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Vernon Fletcher Hovey

    Born 1946; from Schenectady, New York. U.S. Army, air observation pilot; killed in action 1970 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 519 records for Hovey in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia68 records

68 records of the Hovey name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 34
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 22
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 7
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  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 William Hovey

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Susan, sailing from Plymouth in 1842. Native of Exeter, Devon.

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

    Arrived in Queensland in 1886 aboard the Duke of Argyll, aged 22.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record James Hovey

    Laborer of Creswick, Victoria; died 1937.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 68 records for Hovey 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). 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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada22 records

22 records of the Hovey name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 9
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 8
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Russell Cassmere Hovey

    Buried in 1998 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 86.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Harvey Havelock Hovey

    Died 1955 in Caledonia, Queens, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Winston Ernest Hovey

    Died in service in 1941.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 22 records for Hovey 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 Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Norway2 records

2 records of the Hovey name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Ole O. Hovey

    Census of 1910: Hove, Vestre Slidre; born 1874 in Vestre Slidre.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Ivar O. Hovey

    Census of 1910: Hove, Vestre Slidre; born 1881 in Vestre Slidre.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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