# Hackman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hackman/  
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 | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,242 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,801 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 72,783 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.4% (4,023 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle English Hackeman, Hakeman, an occupational name derived from hakman, hackeman, hakkeman (“a hacker, chopper, cutter”), equivalent to hack + -man.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hackman 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hackman in the United States.

## People named Hackman

- Gene Hackman, American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
- Barbara Franklin, American politician and manager (born 1940)
- Betsy Arakawa, American pianist (1959–2025)

## Similar surnames

Hickman, Heckman, Hockman, Hagman, Hickmon, Hackmann, Hakimian, Hageman, Hausman, Hagemann, Hausmann, Hochman.

## 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.