How common is the surname Hickok?

2,645 people in the United States had the surname Hickok in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,728 Americans. It ranked 11,836th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hickok?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hickok identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hickok?

Wild Bill Hickok, American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876), followed by Lorena Hickok.

Where is the surname Hickok most common?

Wikidata records people named Hickok in the United States.

Is the surname Hickok getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,645 in 2010, down 11%.

The surname Hickok

A surname, carried by 2,645 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H220

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hickok is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,645 people named Hickok in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,728 Americans. That is down 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,987.

#11,836

rank among US surnames

2,645

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-11.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,967)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,829	Rollo	2,646	116,684
#11,836	Sethi	2,645	116,728
#11,839	Begin	2,644	116,772
#11,843	Demuth	2,643	116,816

Who is named Hickok

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

93% of people named Hickok identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hickoks

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hickok

Hickox

Hickok has the Soundex code H220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H220.

Questions

How common is the surname Hickok?: 2,645 people in the United States had the surname Hickok in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,728 Americans. It ranked 11,836th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hickok?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hickok identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hickok?: Wild Bill Hickok, American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876), followed by Lorena Hickok.
Where is the surname Hickok most common?: Wikidata records people named Hickok in the United States.
Is the surname Hickok getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,645 in 2010, down 11%.