How common is the surname Hatcher?

29,235 people in the United States had the surname Hatcher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,561 Americans. It ranked 1,210th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hatcher?

Teri Hatcher, American actress (born 1964), followed by John Bell Hatcher.

Where is the surname Hatcher most common?

Wikidata records people named Hatcher in the United States.

Is the surname Hatcher getting more or less common?

More common. 28,424 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,235 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Hatcher

A surname, carried by 29,235 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H326

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hatcher is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 29,235 people named Hatcher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,561 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 28,424.

#1,210

rank among US surnames

29,235

people in 2010

9.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,127)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,201	Haines	29,462	10,479
#1,202	Meeks	29,457	10,481
#1,203	Wynn	29,417	10,495
#1,204	Gilliam	29,414	10,497
#1,205	Vigil	29,382	10,508
#1,206	Hickey	29,350	10,519
#1,207	Connor	29,346	10,521

Who is named Hatcher

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

68% of people named Hatcher identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 68%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hatchers

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Teri Hatcher
American actress (born 1964)
John Bell Hatcher
American paleontologist (1861–1904)
Derian Hatcher
American ice hockey player, born 1972
Kevin Hatcher
American ice hockey player, born 1966
Charles Floyd Hatcher
American politician, 1939–2026
Allen Hatcher
American topologist, born 1944
David Hatcher Childress
American writer and publisher, born 1957
Mickey Hatcher
American baseball player, born 1955
William Hatcher
American basketball player (born 1984)
Billy Hatcher
Baseball player and coach from the United States, born 1960
Edwin Starr
American singer and songwriter (1942–2003)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hatcher

Hutcherson

Hatcher has the Soundex code H326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H326.

Questions

How common is the surname Hatcher?: 29,235 people in the United States had the surname Hatcher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,561 Americans. It ranked 1,210th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hatcher?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Hatcher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hatcher?: Teri Hatcher, American actress (born 1964), followed by John Bell Hatcher.
Where is the surname Hatcher most common?: Wikidata records people named Hatcher in the United States.
Is the surname Hatcher getting more or less common?: More common. 28,424 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,235 in 2010, up 2.9%.