How common is the surname Hickman?

41,163 people in the United States had the surname Hickman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,501 Americans. It ranked 838th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hickman?

Tracy Hickman, American writer and game designer, followed by Darryl Hickman.

Where is the surname Hickman most common?

Wikidata records people named Hickman in the United States, Georgia and Australia and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Hickman?

Hickman is /ˈhɪkmən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Hickman getting more or less common?

More common. 40,224 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,163 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Hickman

A surname, carried by 41,163 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhɪkmən/ 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). Hickman is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 41,163 people named Hickman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,501 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 40,224.

#838

rank among US surnames

41,163

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #783)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#829	Noble	41,667	7,410
#830	Spears	41,665	7,410
#831	Weeks	41,565	7,428
#832	Corona	41,553	7,430
#833	Frederick	41,394	7,459
#834	Buckley	41,348	7,467
#835	McFarland	41,300	7,476

Who is named Hickman

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

75% of people named Hickman identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hickmans

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tracy Hickman
American writer and game designer, born 1955
Darryl Hickman
American actor, 1931–2024
Dwayne Hickman
American actor (1934–2022)
Jonathan Hickman
American comic book writer and artist, born 1972
Howard Hickman
American actor and screenwriter (1880–1949)
Ricky Hickman
American-Georgian basketball player, born 1983
Mark Hickman
Australian field hockey player, born 1973
Alfred Hickman
Actor (1873-1931)

Notable Hickmans come mostly from the United States (5), Georgia (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Higman
Hitchman

Surnames that sound like Hickman

Hickman 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 Hickman?: 41,163 people in the United States had the surname Hickman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,501 Americans. It ranked 838th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hickman?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Hickman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hickman?: Tracy Hickman, American writer and game designer, followed by Darryl Hickman.
Where is the surname Hickman most common?: Wikidata records people named Hickman in the United States, Georgia and Australia and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Hickman?: Hickman is /ˈhɪkmən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Hickman getting more or less common?: More common. 40,224 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,163 in 2010, up 2.3%.
What are other spellings of Hickman?: Higman and Hitchman.