How common is the surname Heckman?

9,709 people in the United States had the surname Heckman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,800 Americans. It ranked 3,668th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Heckman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Heckman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Heckman?

James Heckman, American economist.

Where is the surname Heckman most common?

Wikidata records people named Heckman in the United States.

Is the surname Heckman getting more or less common?

More common. 9,637 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,709 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Heckman

A surname, carried by 9,709 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heckman is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,709 people named Heckman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,800 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,637.

#3,668

rank among US surnames

9,709

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,401)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,659	Ledezma	9,721	31,761
#3,660	Binder	9,720	31,764
#3,662	Xie	9,716	31,777
#3,663	Kelleher	9,714	31,784
#3,664	Counts	9,713	31,787
#3,665	Mancuso	9,711	31,793
#3,666	Colson	9,710	31,797

Who is named Heckman

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

95% of people named Heckman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Heckmans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Heckman
American economist, born 1944

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Heckman

Heckman has the Soundex code H255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H255.

Questions

How common is the surname Heckman?: 9,709 people in the United States had the surname Heckman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,800 Americans. It ranked 3,668th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heckman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Heckman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Heckman?: James Heckman, American economist.
Where is the surname Heckman most common?: Wikidata records people named Heckman in the United States.
Is the surname Heckman getting more or less common?: More common. 9,637 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,709 in 2010, up 0.7%.