Heck is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Heck
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Quite common in Alsace and Moselle, means the person who lives in a place called Heck (e), with the sense of hedge, bush (German Hecke), possibly palisade (Heck). With the same meaning: Hecke, Hecken. Derivatives: Heckel, Heckl, Heckle, Hecklen, Heckli, Heckly (diminutives) Hecker, Heckmann, Heckman.

How popular is Heck?

Heck is common in Germany.

Heck is ranked 11339 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Heck bearers increased by 1.826252 per cent in 2010 US census to 13995 since 2000, the surname slipped by 165 spots and ranked at 2580. The last name was found in around 47 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.05 94.61
Hispanic or Latino 2.24 1.33
Black 1.97 1.83
Others 1.4 1.19
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.74 0.64
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.61 0.41
Heck is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Luxembourg is ahead in terms of density. Around 47238 people have been found who wears Heck as their family name. Heck is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
9,568 Thailand8
318,252 Ukraine6
7,031 China6
59,967 Moldova4
1,014,159 India4
114,007 Czech Republic4
46,068 Philippines3
2,915 Paraguay3
3,818 Zambia3
32,086 Mexico3
108,034 Italy3
14,078 Japan3
24,766 Scotland2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
385 American Samoa2
4,104 South Korea2
9,185 Hong Kong2
14,521 Portugal2
35,969 Denmark2
31,767 Greece2
24,421 Slovakia1
17,768 Pakistan1
53,033 Nigeria1
12,270 Lebanon1
2,232 French Polynesia1
17,575 Kuwait1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
7,191 Afghanistan1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
8,859 Iraq1
20,172 Hungary1
2,057 Myanmar1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
810,193 Indonesia1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
5,553 Taiwan1
11,831 Tajikistan1
53,505 Turkey1
25,721 Egypt1
3,214 Niger1
10,683 Cyprus1
24,460 Armenia1
444 Faroe Islands1
1,253 Burundi1
15,162 Costa Rica1
9,116 Nicaragua1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
15,525 Norway46
8,504 Ireland33
32,811 Sweden29
15,050 Singapore18
406,964 Russia14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
35,096 Spain66
4,082 Estonia61
Countries with hundreds of Heck:
9,210 France980
7,425 Argentina717
4,163 Netherlands629
3,703 Belgium460
3,095 Switzerland369
15,335 Algeria357
3,431 Chile306
9,400 Australia299
20,379 South Africa292
5,909 Austria210
25,123 England194
371 Luxembourg119
12,632 Peru114
Countries with thousands of Heck:
1,752 Brazil8,808
4,418 Canada1,016
Countries with ten thousands of Heck:
2,453 United States16,398
391 Germany15,601
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Jack Heck was 21 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on July 24, 1851. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Tryingham from Liverpool.

Comments

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Tatiana Diaz
 heck is an Alsatian family name Regional variation hedge desigant the inhabitant of a house surrounded by a hedge.

Heck Namesakes

  • James Heckman, Economist
  • Amy Heckerling, Film director
  • Annemarie Hecker, Politician
  • Arch Oliver Heck, Author
  • Robert Hecker, Guitarist
  • Barb Hecker, Cody Hecker's mother
  • Zvi Hecker, Architect
  • Heinz Heck, Lutz Heck's brother
  • Ralph Heck, Football player
  • Braden Heckman, Cinematographer
  • Daniel Heck portrayed central character of Pierrot in 0 sci-fi movie Omega.

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