How common is the surname Hickam?

1,069 people in the United States had the surname Hickam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,817 Americans. It ranked 23,691st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hickam?

Homer Hickam, American author and engineer (born 1943).

Where is the surname Hickam most common?

Wikidata records people named Hickam in the United States.

Is the surname Hickam getting more or less common?

More common. 1,025 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,069 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Hickam

A surname, carried by 1,069 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hickam is more common than 85.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,069 people named Hickam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 288,817 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,025.

#23,691

rank among US surnames

1,069

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #23,221)

Who is named Hickam

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

95% of people named Hickam identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races and 1.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hickams

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Homer Hickam
American author and engineer (born 1943)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hickam

Hickam has the Soundex code H250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H250.

Questions

How common is the surname Hickam?: 1,069 people in the United States had the surname Hickam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,817 Americans. It ranked 23,691st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hickam?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hickam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Hickam?: Homer Hickam, American author and engineer (born 1943).
Where is the surname Hickam most common?: Wikidata records people named Hickam in the United States.
Is the surname Hickam getting more or less common?: More common. 1,025 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,069 in 2010, up 4.3%.