The Huey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,800 people carried this name — #3,625 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,100 people counted. That is down 1% from 9,881 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Huey surname

As an English and Welsh surname

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

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 406 · public domain.

In print

Huey in American newspapers,
1852–1922.

Newspaper page from Casper Daily Tribune carrying the name Huey
Casper Daily Tribune 1922-03-04
Newspaper page from The Monroe Journal carrying the name Huey
The Monroe Journal 1922-11-03
Newspaper page from Washington Telegraph carrying the name Huey
Washington Telegraph 1852-12-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 789 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Huey in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

2,522 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Huey. The most, 506, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 1,420
New South Wales 426
Victoria 231
Western Australia 181
South Australia 178
Tasmania 43
ACT (Canberra) 33
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Huey,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mattie Marie McAdory Huey 1876–1938 · community leader
  • Scott Huey 1923–2012 · cricketer
  • F. B. Huey Jr. 1925–2025 · author

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Huey,
in the records of 5 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 States711 records

711 records of the Huey name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 393
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 134
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 74
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 36
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 30
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 22
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 14
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Donald Raymond Huey

    Born 1949; from Farmingdale, New York. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1970 in Phuoc Long, South Vietnam. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    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 George V. Huey

    Born 1910 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1943 at Baltimore, Maryland; welder. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1964, buried at Baltimore National Cemetery, Maryland.

    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 Grace Huey

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Furnessia from Greenock and Moville, aged 26; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 711 records for Huey in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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). 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).

Canada120 records

120 records of the Huey name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 111
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 7
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ou Tong Huey

    Buried in 1950 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 48.

    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 Nathaniel Huey

    Died 1913 in Weatherley, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Melissa H. Huey

    Married 1889 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 120 records for Huey 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. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. 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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia59 records

59 records of the Huey name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 28
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 16
  • Tasmanian Names Index 7
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 6
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Huey

    Arrived in Victoria in 1858 aboard the Invincible, aged 26; Irish.

    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 John K. J. Huey

    Farmer of Monegatta, Victoria; died 1921.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Walter Huey

    Died 1843 in Launceston, Tasmania, aged 46.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 59 records for Huey in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Huey name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. Huey

    Royal Irish Rifles. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Huey 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 Emile Raoul Huey

    Born 1904 in Audincourt; died 1993 in Seloncourt (Doubs).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

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