# Hackney (surname)

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

An English habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,507 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,727 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 32,476 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (9,291 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /hækni/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The senses "a horse" and "(a means of transport) available for hire" derive from the fact that many horses were kept for hire in the London borough of Hackney. The place name is from Old English *Hacan īeġ "Hacan's Isle" (or "Hook's Island"), referring to dry land in a marsh.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hackney 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) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Similar surnames

Hogan, Hagen, Hassan, Hagan, Hussain, Hasan, Haugen, Hazen, Hussein, Hixson, Hossain, Hickson.

## 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.