Hey Family History
Hey Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from a place called Hey.Dutch: topographic name for
someone who lived on a heath, Dutch hei, heide.German: metonymic occupational name for a grower or mower of
grass, from Middle High German höu ‘grass’, ‘hay’.North
German (Frisian) and Dutch: from a Germanic personal name formed with
hag ‘fence’, ‘enclosure’ as the first element.South
German: occupational name from Middle High German heie
‘ranger’, ‘warden’, ‘guard’ or a topographic name from Middle High
German haie ‘protected wood’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Hey
Name Distribution of Hey Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hey families
 931 - 1,859  311 - 930 |
 1 - 310  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hey families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hey census records
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Hey Family Origin
Hey Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Hey Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Hey families immigrated
to Australia.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Hey Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Hey census records
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Military Service by Hey
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