How common is the surname Hacker?

13,625 people in the United States had the surname Hacker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,660 Americans. It ranked 2,642nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hacker?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hacker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hacker?

Marilyn Hacker, American writer (born 1942), followed by Buddy Hackett.

Where is the surname Hacker most common?

Wikidata records people named Hacker in the United States.

Is the surname Hacker getting more or less common?

More common. 13,178 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,625 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Hacker

An occupational surname, carried by 13,625 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hacker is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

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).

Hacker 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 13,625 people named Hacker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,660 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,178.

#2,642

rank among US surnames

13,625

people in 2010

4.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #2,513)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,633	Keener	13,687	22,558
#2,634	Askew	13,683	22,564
#2,635	Storey	13,669	22,587
#2,637	Chastain	13,655	22,610
#2,638	Harp	13,646	22,625
#2,639	Manzo	13,635	22,644
#2,640	Sherrill	13,631	22,650

Who is named Hacker

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

94% of people named Hacker identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hackers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hacker

Hacker has the Soundex code H260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H260.

Questions

Where does the surname Hacker come from?: 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).
How common is the surname Hacker?: 13,625 people in the United States had the surname Hacker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,660 Americans. It ranked 2,642nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hacker?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hacker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hacker?: Marilyn Hacker, American writer (born 1942), followed by Buddy Hackett.
Where is the surname Hacker most common?: Wikidata records people named Hacker in the United States.
What type of surname is Hacker?: Hacker is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Hacker getting more or less common?: More common. 13,178 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,625 in 2010, up 3.4%.