# Hecht (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,466 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,744 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 41,354 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (7,333 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hecht 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hecht in the United States and Czechoslovakia.

## People named Hecht

- Ben Hecht, American writer, director, and producer (1894–1964)
- Jessica Hecht, American actress and singer
- Duvall Hecht, American rower (1930–2022)
- Anthony Hecht, American poet (1923–2004)
- Gina Hecht, American actress
- Chic Hecht, American politician (1928-2006)
- Ladislav Hecht, American tennis player (1910–2004)
- Harold Hecht, American producer, choreographer and talent agent (1907–1985)

## Similar surnames

Height, Hackett, Haight, Hasty, Hight, Haught, Haygood, Hagood, Hassett, Hockett, Haskett, Hockaday.

## 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.