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    The surname Hackney

    An English place surname, carried by 9,507 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /hækni/ 2 syllables Soundex H250

    Hackney: #3,727 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hackney #3,727, 9,507 people Hackney: #3,727 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hackney #3,727, 9,507 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hackney is more common than 97.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    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.

    Hackney is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 9,507 people named Hackney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,476 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,291.

    #3,727
    rank among US surnames
    9,507
    people in 2010
    3.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #3,516)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,718Loveless9,53332,387
    #3,719Wilbur9,52732,407
    #3,720Gracia9,52032,431
    #3,722Ostrander9,51832,438
    #3,723Mangum9,51532,448
    #3,724Staggs9,51432,452
    #3,725Curtin9,51332,455

    Who is named Hackney

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

    81% of people named Hackney identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hackney come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Hackney?
    9,507 people in the United States had the surname Hackney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,476 Americans. It ranked 3,727th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hackney?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Hackney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Hackney?
    Hackney is /hækni/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Hackney?
    Hackney is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Hackney getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,291 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,507 in 2010, up 2.3%.