Hecke is used as a family name or surname in Germany, Netherlands. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hecke
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Germany, Netherlands
Meaning:

Hecke is variant of Heck. Dweller near the gate, or entrance, to a forest.

Dweller near the gate, or entrance, to a forest.

How popular is Hecke?

Hecke is common in Germany, United States, Brazil, India, France.

Hecke is ranked 198140 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Heckes plummeted by 5.79 per cent to 244 since 2000 and slipped by 7843 spots and ranked at 78316. The last name was found in merely 8 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.49 94.59
Hecke is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in Germany. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Monaco. Around 2110 people have been found who wears Hecke as their family name. Hecke is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Hecke:
10,722 Germany948
71,257 United States379
23,922 Brazil331
143,436 India124
83,663 France103
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
22,307 Belgium71
17,785 Austria66
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
58,390 Australia27
68,885 Netherlands15
116,258 Poland13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
53,588 Switzerland10
29,026 Chile9

Immigrants to US

From Germany

33 years old tailor Bernh. Hecke who was residing in Prussia migrated to New York on April 29, 1852 by Kosmos put out from Bremen. 35 years old Christian Hecke, 26 years old Herman Hecke, Amalie Hecke (27), S. Hecke (27) Merchant, Joseph Hecke (37), 27 years old Emilie Hecke, Franz Hecke, aged 28, Mine Hecke (10 months old), Ulrcke Hecke, aged 25, and 28 other Hecke around 35.71% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer migrated to US from Antwerp, Bremen, Hamburg and Bremen & Southampton.

Hecke Namesakes

  • Johan Van Hecke, Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten
  • Erich Hecke, German mathematician
  • Preben Van Hecke, Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team

Hecke Namesakes

  • Johan Van Hecke, Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten
  • Erich Hecke, German mathematician
  • Preben Van Hecke, Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team

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