Athey

English

Etymology

• As an English surname, contraction of Middle English at heye (“at the enclosure”).
• As an Irish surname, spelling variant of Athy.

Proper noun

Athey (plural Atheys)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Athey is the 9736^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3329 individuals. Athey is most common among White (92.52%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Athey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 66.

Anagrams

• Ta-yeh, Tayeh, eathy, heaty