How common is the surname Hayek?

1,788 people in the United States had the surname Hayek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,676 Americans. It ranked 16,166th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hayek?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hayek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hayek?

Friedrich Hayek, Austrian and British economist (1899–1992), followed by August von Hayek.

Where is the surname Hayek most common?

Wikidata records people named Hayek in Austria.

Is the surname Hayek getting more or less common?

More common. 1,586 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,788 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Hayek

A surname, carried by 1,788 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hayek is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,788 people named Hayek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,676 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,586.

#16,166

rank among US surnames

1,788

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+12.7%

change since 2000 (was #16,635)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,157	Besser	1,790	172,484
#16,161	Amend	1,789	172,580
#16,166	Hayek	1,788	172,676
#16,171	Macario	1,787	172,773

Who is named Hayek

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

93% of people named Hayek identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hayeks

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Friedrich Hayek
Austrian and British economist (1899–1992)
August von Hayek
Austrian botanist (1871-1928)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hayek

Hayek has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

Questions

How common is the surname Hayek?: 1,788 people in the United States had the surname Hayek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,676 Americans. It ranked 16,166th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hayek?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hayek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hayek?: Friedrich Hayek, Austrian and British economist (1899–1992), followed by August von Hayek.
Where is the surname Hayek most common?: Wikidata records people named Hayek in Austria.
Is the surname Hayek getting more or less common?: More common. 1,586 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,788 in 2010, up 13%.