How common is the surname Hedgecock?

1,567 people in the United States had the surname Hedgecock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. It ranked 17,851st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Hedgecock getting more or less common?

More common. 1,530 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,567 in 2010, up 2.4%.

Is Hedgecock also a first name?

Yes. Hedgecock is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Hedgecock

A patronymic surname, carried by 1,567 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H322

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hedgecock is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

Variant of Hitchcock.

Hedgecock is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,567 people named Hedgecock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,530.

#17,851

rank among US surnames

1,567

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #17,114)

Who is named Hedgecock

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

93% of people named Hedgecock identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as two or more races and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hedgecock

Hedgecock has the Soundex code H322, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H322.

Questions

Where does the surname Hedgecock come from?: Variant of Hitchcock.
How common is the surname Hedgecock?: 1,567 people in the United States had the surname Hedgecock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. It ranked 17,851st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hedgecock?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hedgecock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as two or more races.
What type of surname is Hedgecock?: Hedgecock is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Hedgecock getting more or less common?: More common. 1,530 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,567 in 2010, up 2.4%.
Is Hedgecock also a first name?: Yes. Hedgecock is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.