# Hatcher (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hatcher/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 29,235 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,210 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,561 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.9% (28,424 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hatcher 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) | 68% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hatcher in the United States.

## People named Hatcher

- Teri Hatcher, American actress (born 1964)
- John Bell Hatcher, American paleontologist (1861–1904)
- Derian Hatcher, American ice hockey player
- Kevin Hatcher, American ice hockey player
- Charles Floyd Hatcher, American politician
- Allen Hatcher, American topologist
- David Hatcher Childress, American writer and publisher
- Mickey Hatcher, American baseball player
- William Hatcher, American basketball player (born 1984)
- Billy Hatcher, baseball player and coach from the United States
- Edwin Starr, American singer and songwriter (1942–2003)

## Similar surnames

Hutcherson, Hedger.

## 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.