How common is the surname Hackman?

4,242 people in the United States had the surname Hackman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,783 Americans. It ranked 7,801st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hackman?

Gene Hackman, American actor and novelist (1930–2025), followed by Barbara Franklin.

Where is the surname Hackman most common?

Wikidata records people named Hackman in the United States.

Is the surname Hackman getting more or less common?

More common. 4,023 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,242 in 2010, up 5.4%.

The surname Hackman

An English occupational surname, carried by 4,242 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hackman is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,242 people named Hackman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,783 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,023.

#7,801

rank among US surnames

4,242

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,620)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,795	Wert	4,248	72,680
#7,796	Greeley	4,246	72,714
#7,799	Doggett	4,245	72,732
#7,801	Perera	4,242	72,783
#7,803	Mullaney	4,241	72,800

Who is named Hackman

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

91% of people named Hackman identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hackmans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hackman

Hackman has the Soundex code H255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H255.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hackman come from?: From Middle English Hackeman, Hakeman, an occupational name derived from hakman, hackeman, hakkeman (“a hacker, chopper, cutter”), equivalent to hack + -man.
How common is the surname Hackman?: 4,242 people in the United States had the surname Hackman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,783 Americans. It ranked 7,801st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hackman?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Hackman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hackman?: Gene Hackman, American actor and novelist (1930–2025), followed by Barbara Franklin.
Where is the surname Hackman most common?: Wikidata records people named Hackman in the United States.
What type of surname is Hackman?: Hackman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Hackman getting more or less common?: More common. 4,023 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,242 in 2010, up 5.4%.