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    The surname Heckel

    A surname, carried by 2,378 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H240

    Heckel: #12,927 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Heckel #12,927, 2,378 people Heckel: #12,927 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Heckel #12,927, 2,378 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heckel is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,378 people named Heckel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,834 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,168.

    #12,927
    rank among US surnames
    2,378
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,967)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,921Godbey2,379129,780
    #12,927Riggleman2,378129,834
    #12,929Hause2,377129,889
    #12,931Sanson2,376129,943
    #12,935Marden2,375129,998

    Who is named Heckel

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

    95% of people named Heckel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Heckels

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Johann Jakob Heckel
      Austrian taxidermist, zoologist, and ichthyologist (1790-1857)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Heckel

    Heckel has the Soundex code H240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H240.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Heckel?
    2,378 people in the United States had the surname Heckel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,834 Americans. It ranked 12,927th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Heckel?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Heckel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Heckel?
    Johann Jakob Heckel, Austrian taxidermist, zoologist, and ichthyologist (1790-1857).
    Where is the surname Heckel most common?
    Wikidata records people named Heckel in the Austrian Empire.
    Is the surname Heckel getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,168 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,378 in 2010, up 9.7%.