How common is the surname Hecker?

5,260 people in the United States had the surname Hecker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,697 Americans. It ranked 6,454th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hecker?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hecker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hecker?

Guy Hecker, American pitcher in Major League Baseball.

Where is the surname Hecker most common?

Wikidata records people named Hecker in the United States.

Is the surname Hecker getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,436 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,260 in 2010, down 3.2%.

The surname Hecker

A surname, carried by 5,260 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hecker is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,260 people named Hecker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,697 Americans. That is down 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,436.

#6,454

rank among US surnames

5,260

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

-3.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,827)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,449	Newcomer	5,263	58,663
#6,451	Wyckoff	5,262	58,675
#6,452	Haun	5,261	58,686
#6,454	Hecker	5,260	58,697

Who is named Hecker

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

94% of people named Hecker identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Heckers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Guy Hecker
American pitcher in Major League Baseball, 1856–1938

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hecker

Hecker has the Soundex code H260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H260.

Questions

How common is the surname Hecker?: 5,260 people in the United States had the surname Hecker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,697 Americans. It ranked 6,454th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hecker?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hecker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hecker?: Guy Hecker, American pitcher in Major League Baseball.
Where is the surname Hecker most common?: Wikidata records people named Hecker in the United States.
Is the surname Hecker getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,436 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,260 in 2010, down 3.2%.