Northey
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Northey is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: person from Northey, the name of various places in England, literally ‘northern enclosure’.
- AUAustralia
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
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)
person from Northey, the name of various places in England, literally ‘northern enclosure’.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Northey is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, From minor places named with north + suffixes such as (ge)hæg, ēa, ēg, or hōh; first attested Thomas de Northie 1200 P (K).
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
habitational name, probably from Northay in Hawkchurch, Devon, named with Old English nord ‘north’ -I- (ge)hag ‘enclosure’, or from various other places called Northey.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, from Northay in Hawkchurch, Devon, named with the OE elements nord North + (ge)hceg enclosure (see Hay i).
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
In English, A surname from Old English.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Edward Northeyb. 1652GBBritish barrister and politician; (1652-1723)
- William Northeyb. 1752GBBritish MP (1752-1826)
- Edward Northeyb. 1868GBBritish Army general; (1868-1953)
- Bob Northeyb. 1882AUAustralian rules footballer (1882–1974)
- Ron Northeyb. 1920USAmerican baseball player and coach
- John Northeyb. 1943Australian rules footballer and coach
- Richard Northeyb. 1945NZNew Zealand politician
- Scott Northeyb. 1946USAmerican baseball player
- Andy Northeyb. 1972GBEnglish rugby league footballer, and rugby union footballer and coach
- Siân Northeypoet and writer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 981 | #6,725 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 882 | #28,704 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 821 | #28,940 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 686 | #31,817 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 6 | #619 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 4 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 4 | #234,377 |
| GD Grenada | Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025 | 2025 | 2 | #221 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Northey mean, and where does it come from?
- person from Northey, the name of various places in England, literally ‘northern enclosure’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Northey have the most bearers?
- Northey is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Northey”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.