The Hoyos surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,694 people carried this name — #8,865 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,000 people counted. That is up 26% from 2,930 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Hoyos surname
Borrowed from Spanish Hoyos. This surname is predominantly found in Colombia.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hoyos» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 10,739 people named Hoyos 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
70 people named Hoyos live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Hoyos.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Aude.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 24 people named Hoyos live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Hoyos in American newspapers,
1905–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,214 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hoyos,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bernard of Hoyos 1711–1735 · Catholic priest -
Heinrich Hoyos-Sprinzenstein 1804–1854 · aristocrat -
Neil Eduardo Hoyos Villadiego d. 2003
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Ferdinand Albrecht Freiherr von Hoyos 1553–1609 · chamberlain
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Johann Ernst Graf Hoyos 1717–1781 · aristocrat
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Maria Theresia, Gräfin Hoyos 1722–1750 · aristocrat
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hoyos.
- Hovhannisyan 637 · U.S. census
- Hovsepian 1,060 · U.S. census
- Howald 619 · U.S. census
- Howard 264,826 · U.S. census
- Hoy 9,196 · U.S. census
- Hoyer 3,589 · U.S. census
- Hu 19,999 · U.S. census
- Hua 6,939 · U.S. census
- Huan 248 · U.S. census
- Huang 72,328 · U.S. census
- Huard 1,360 · U.S. census
- Hube 148 · U.S. census
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