Hack is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hack
No. of characters: 4
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Focused in the Moselle, the name is also written Haack, Haacke, Hacke. Several meanings seem possible: either the Middle High German "Hake", with the meaning of hook or curved tool (German "Haken"), a nickname for the user of the tool or nickname. Either the Middle Low German "Hake", which appointed a reseller, a huckster. Or finally the Hako Germanic personal name.

How popular is Hack?

Hack is common in South Africa.

Hack is ranked 16330 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Hack bearers increased by 8.178625 per cent in 2010 US census to 6468 since 2000, the surname slipped by 21 spots and ranked at 5379. The last name was found in around 22 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 85.78 89.01
Black 7.27 5.52
Hispanic or Latino 2.72 1.44
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.5 1.52
Others 1.44 2.29
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.29 0.22
Hack is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Guyana is ahead in terms of density. Around 32199 people have been found who wears Hack as their family name. Hack is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
78,633 Czech Republic9
20,525 Mauritania8
25,156 Azerbaijan5
10,202 Egypt5
101,066 Zimbabwe5
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
15,956 Venezuela3
2,720 South Korea3
32,695 Nigeria3
9,097 Wales3
137 Vanuatu3
4,554 Guatemala3
7,619 Ecuador3
46,068 Philippines3
10,329 Pakistan3
4,096 Dominican Republic3
3,752 Iraq3
5,630 Northern Ireland2
10,211 Bulgaria2
10,395 Latvia2
10,284 Kuwait2
12,172 Ghana2
4,164 Vietnam2
31,767 Greece2
9,185 Hong Kong2
15,999 Slovakia2
1,834 Malta2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
18,718 Thailand2
5,467 Haiti1
304 Guinea-Bissau1
10,958 Bangladesh1
13,606 Senegal1
10,190 Bahrain1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
11,486 Estonia1
49,101 Denmark1
37,779 Serbia1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
7,847 Albania1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
24,176 Qatar1
58,885 Poland1
15,705 Cameroon1
801 Cape Verde1
5,589 Sudan1
4,942 Libya1
11,831 Tajikistan1
3,275 Nepal1
12,270 Lebanon1
8,181 Botswana1
14,373 Jordan1
24,460 Armenia1
6,033 Benin1
29,046 Japan1
31,207 Ireland1
165,773 Belarus1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
44,472 Spain46
21,712 Sweden44
11,040 Scotland39
18,843 Chile36
20,103 Norway33
587 Guam32
11,685 Singapore24
337,212 Indonesia16
2,705 China16
29,987 Moldova12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,606 Peru100
2,922 Mauritius91
10,596 Colombia87
20,785 Belgium82
717 Luxembourg73
65,656 Ukraine72
40,341 Kazakhstan57
Countries with hundreds of Hack:
3,326 Australia927
1,624 Hungary785
4,163 Netherlands629
11,594 Algeria536
1,931 Austria524
9,569 Mexico497
18,059 Argentina299
20,451 Turkey279
52,070 Russia269
17,962 Morocco268
597 Guyana243
3,888 New Zealand196
107,310 India193
53,810 France184
46,207 Italy168
7,350 Switzerland162
7,748 Tunisia132
15,064 Romania125
6,877 Finland109
10,102 Israel106
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Hack:
890 Germany8,069
5,420 United States7,298
2,964 Brazil4,849
4,071 England1,839
3,861 Canada1,194
5,450 South Africa1,187
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 32 years old workman Patrick Hack who was residing in Ireland migrated to New-York on November 7, 1848 by Probus put out from Liverpool. Ellen Hack (25) Immigrant, Mick Hack, aged 14, W. Hack, aged 42, Immigrant Mary Hack, Immigrant Bgt. Hack, 12 years old John Hack, Mich. Hack, aged 9, William Hack, aged 7, are other Hack that migrated to US.

From Italy

Berta Hack was 20 years old when she migrated to New York on July 27, 1889. She lived in Italy where she worked as farmer and took Plata from Palermo.

Hack Namesakes

  • Abbie Hackworth, Child actor
  • Adelbert F. Hackert, Author
  • Adriaan Hack, Politician
  • Simon Hackney, Soccer player
  • Gene Hackman, Actor
  • Alexandr Hackenschmied, Photographer
  • Jack Hacking, Soccer player
  • Gene Hackman, Actor
  • John Almond Hacking, Joanna David's father
  • The Hacker, Record Producer

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