# Hacker (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hacker/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,625 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,642 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 22,660 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (13,178 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English, Dutch, German and Jewish occupational surname, all from the noun hacker (“one who hacks”). The Jewish form probably arrives via Yiddish העקער (heker), from צעהאַקן (tsehakn) (see German hacken).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hacker in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hacker in the United States.

## People named Hacker

- Marilyn Hacker, American writer (born 1942)
- Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian (1924–2003)

## Similar surnames

Hecker, Hocker, Hawker, Hager, Hauser, Hauger, Houser, Hooker, Heiser, Huizar, Higuera, Hagar.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.