How common is the surname Heck?

13,995 people in the United States had the surname Heck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,061 Americans. It ranked 2,580th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Heck?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Heck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Heck?

Richard F. Heck, American chemist (1931–2015), followed by Don Heck.

Where is the surname Heck most common?

Wikidata records people named Heck in the United States.

Is the surname Heck getting more or less common?

More common. 13,744 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,995 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Heck

A German surname, carried by 13,995 people in the United States.

Pronounced /hɛk/ 1 syllable Soundex H200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heck is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

English, Dutch and south German surname, all from words meaning "hedge," "enclosure," "fence," from *haggju. Compare Van Heck, Hatch.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,995 people named Heck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,061 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,744.

#2,580

rank among US surnames

13,995

people in 2010

4.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #2,415)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,571	Whitten	14,054	21,969
#2,572	Deaton	14,052	21,972
#2,573	Seay	14,046	21,981
#2,574	Squires	14,045	21,983
#2,575	Estep	14,037	21,995
#2,576	Arndt	14,031	22,005
#2,577	Satterfield	14,023	22,017

Who is named Heck

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

93% of people named Heck identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hecks

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard F. Heck
American chemist (1931–2015)
Don Heck
American comics artist (1929–1995)
Stanton Heck
Actor (1877-1929)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Heck

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Heck come from?: English, Dutch and south German surname, all from words meaning "hedge," "enclosure," "fence," from *haggju. Compare Van Heck, Hatch.
How common is the surname Heck?: 13,995 people in the United States had the surname Heck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,061 Americans. It ranked 2,580th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heck?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Heck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Heck?: Richard F. Heck, American chemist (1931–2015), followed by Don Heck.
Where is the surname Heck most common?: Wikidata records people named Heck in the United States.
How do you pronounce Heck?: Heck is /hɛk/, one syllable.
Is the surname Heck getting more or less common?: More common. 13,744 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,995 in 2010, up 1.8%.