The Hoyt surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 21,169 people carried this name — #1,701 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 20,707 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hoyt surname

A topographical surname for someone who lived high, or on a hill.

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

In the first U.S. census, 1790

302 families named Hoyt, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 1,737 people lived in those households, 5.8 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 other spellings. 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

Connecticut 100
New Hampshire 83
Massachusetts 53
New York 39
Vermont 18
Maine 5
Pennsylvania 2
South Carolina 2

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

Hoyt in American newspapers,
1890–1915.

Newspaper page from Keowee Courier carrying the name Hoyt
Keowee Courier 1890-08-21
Newspaper page from The Guthrie Daily Leader carrying the name Hoyt
The Guthrie Daily Leader 1915-10-25
Newspaper page from The Chickasha Daily Express carrying the name Hoyt
The Chickasha Daily Express 1915-11-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Hoyt in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

4,114 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hoyt. The most, 806, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 2,469
New South Wales 823
Queensland 304
South Australia 194
Tasmania 146
Western Australia 134
ACT (Canberra) 13
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Hoyt,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Fred Day Hoyt
    Fred Day Hoyt d. 1928
  • Henry E. Hoyt d. 1906 · painter
  • Hannah Anna Hoyt d. 1721
  • Walter Hoyt 1618–1698
  • Frances Hoyt 1635–1721
  • Daniel Hoyt 1681–1764 · politician

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 Hoyt,
in the records of 3 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 States2,735 records

2,735 records of the Hoyt name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1,006
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 741
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 351
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 347
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 137
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 128
  • Sacramento County historic burials 14
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jules A. Hoyt

    Born 1916 in Monaco. Enlisted 1943 at Binghamton, New York; textile mill worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1994, buried at Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Arthur James Hoyt

    Born 1944; from Mars Hill, Maine. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Lauretta Hoyt

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Orpheus from Bremerhaven, aged 25; farmer. Bound for Oregon.

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

Showing 3 of 2,735 records for Hoyt in the United States.

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

Canada191 records

191 records of the Hoyt name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 180
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 4
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Henry Hoyt

    Killed in 1866 at the Lingan Mine, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Gladys Coverhill Hoyt

    Buried in 1963 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 74.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  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 Gordon Ray Hoyt

    Died in service in 1943.

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

Showing 3 of 191 records for Hoyt in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · 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. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia127 records

127 records of the Hoyt name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 122
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 5
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Charles J. Hoyt

    Arrived in Victoria in 1860 aboard the Dover Castle, aged 30; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Leo Ralph Hoyt

    Stereotyper of Greensborough, Victoria; died 1989.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Leslie C. Hoyt

    Jockey of Collingwood, Victoria; died 1913.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 127 records for Hoyt in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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).

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