Hokey
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Hokey is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- GHGhana
- SGSingapore
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 3 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 3 | #23,065 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Hokey mean, and where does it come from?
- Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Hokey?
- In the etymology graph, Hoke and Hokum are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Hokey have the most bearers?
- Hokey is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hokey”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.