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    The surname Hack

    An occupational surname, carried by 6,468 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H200

    Hack: #5,379 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hack #5,379, 6,468 people Hack: #5,379 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hack #5,379, 6,468 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hack is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    * As a German and Dutch surname, from the old Germanic name Hacco, shortened from names derived from *hakkju (“enclosure, hedge”). * Also as a German and Dutch surname, occupational surname for a butcher or woodcutter, see Hacker. * As a north/Low German surname, variant of Haack. * Also as a north/Low German surname, variant of Heck. * Also as a north/Low German surname for someone who lived by a marsh, from hach, hack (“boggy water”). * As an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Acke with a prosthetic H-, itself of North Germanic origin and a pet form of Old Norse Áskell, see Haskell. * Also as an English surname, from Middle Dutch Hakke, denasalized from Hanke, a West Flemish and Picard form of John. * Also as an English surname, from the Middle English adjective hak (“ruthless, unsparing”). * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish האַק (hak, “axe”).

    Hack is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,468 people named Hack in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,734 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,979.

    #5,379
    rank among US surnames
    6,468
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.2%
    change since 2000 (was #5,358)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,371Stebbins6,48447,617
    #5,373Cushing6,48047,646
    #5,374Canter6,47747,668
    #5,375Billups6,47547,683
    #5,376Valentino6,47447,690
    #5,377Newhouse6,47147,712
    #5,378Campo6,47047,720

    Who is named Hack

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    86% of people named Hack identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hacks

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Shelley Hack
      American actress, born 1947
    • Olivia Hack
      American actress, born 1983

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hack

    Hack has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hack come from?
    * As a German and Dutch surname, from the old Germanic name Hacco, shortened from names derived from *hakkju (“enclosure, hedge”). * Also as a German and Dutch surname, occupational surname for a butcher or woodcutter, see Hacker. * As a north/Low German surname, variant of Haack. * Also as a…
    How common is the surname Hack?
    6,468 people in the United States had the surname Hack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,734 Americans. It ranked 5,379th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hack?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Hack identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hack?
    Shelley Hack, American actress, followed by Olivia Hack.
    Where is the surname Hack most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hack in the United States.
    What type of surname is Hack?
    Hack is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Hack getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,468 in 2010, up 8.2%.