# Hickok (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hickok/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,645 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,836 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 116,728 people |
| Change since 2000 | -11.4% (2,987 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hickok in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hickok in the United States.

## People named Hickok

- Wild Bill Hickok, American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876)
- Lorena Hickok, American journalist (1893-1968)

## Similar surnames

Hickox, Hughes, Hawkes, Hakes, Hajek, Heacock, Hasegawa, Higashi, Haycock, Hagos, Hosack.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.