Hector is used as a family name or surname in Egypt. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hector
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Egypt
Meaning: It's in Moselle that the surname is most prevalent. It is also found in Belgium and in Germany under the Hektor form. To my knowledge, no saint with that name, which thus refers to the Trojan hero of antiquity, son of Priam and husband of Andromache, killed by Achilles.

How popular is Hector?

Hector is common in Egypt.

Hector is ranked 14917 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Hectors grew by 9.675 per cent to 4387 since 2000 and ranked 7572 after elevating 99 spots. The last name was found in around 15 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 47.39 44.03
White 39.23 42.73
Hispanic or Latino 9.85 9.33
Others 2.62 2.85
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.64 0.65
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.27 0.43
Hector is quite popular family name mostly used in South Africa while Dominica is ahead in terms of density. Around 35326 people have been found who wears Hector as their family name. Hector is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,220 Thailand6
8,438 China5
5,707 Nicaragua5
4,554 Guatemala3
19,452 Malaysia3
661,536 Indonesia3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
11,342 Uruguay3
16,136 Kenya3
4,138 Bahrain3
473 Anguilla2
7,574 Bangladesh2
4,302 Benin2
3,871 Paraguay2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
11,224 Cameroon2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
960 Saint Lucia2
5,139 Bolivia2
19,046 Ireland2
8,995 Uganda2
1,819 Laos1
38,830 Morocco1
13,606 Senegal1
2,024 Mongolia1
4,942 Libya1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
3,586 Honduras1
11,510 Oman1
7,292 Vietnam1
7,790 Zambia1
8,181 Botswana1
165,773 Belarus1
4,249 Cambodia1
58,885 Poland1
24,176 Qatar1
2,877 Cuba1
50,549 Georgia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
20,906 Israel47
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
2,166 Costa Rica38
241 Saint Kitts and Nevis34
23,443 Norway26
1,064 Barbados23
331,856 Russia21
15,050 Singapore18
1,163 Jersey17
10,355 Nigeria14
220,909 Ukraine12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,075 Panama98
178,823 India85
72,056 Italy78
157 United States Virgin Islands78
5,257 Wales68
10,189 New Zealand66
287 Grenada64
17,456 Switzerland63
371 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines52
Countries with hundreds of Hector:
12,572 Germany807
6,641 Pakistan754
10,269 Algeria625
3,576 Colombia594
417 Trinidad and Tobago538
7,797 Canada531
3,571 Venezuela527
23,792 Brazil525
13,743 Turkey489
6,061 Australia481
1,528 Dominican Republic469
27,752 Philippines451
2,346 Sweden428
3,287 Chile324
7,729 Ghana320
7,190 Peru299
597 Guyana243
1,267 Jamaica232
4,337 Ecuador207
1,923 El Salvador172
3,611 Scotland171
1,583 Puerto Rico163
17,243 Netherlands159
19,706 Spain153
12,863 Belgium141
4,517 Denmark133
2,043 Mauritius128
15,064 Romania125
108 Dominica112
104 Antigua and Barbuda107
Countries with thousands of Hector:
1,246 South Africa5,351
7,440 United States5,098
2,230 Mexico4,005
482 Haiti3,150
2,650 Argentina1,851
4,911 France1,690
4,651 England1,586
5,670 Egypt1,124
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 21 years old farmer Pat. Hector who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 28, 1849 by Catherine put out from Liverpool. 16 years old Biddy Hector, 16 years old Mary Hector, 27 years old Thomas Hector, Workman Mickl. Hector, 23 years old Ann Hector, 18 years old Mary Hector, 36 years old Jas. Hector, Johanna Hector, aged 30, and 8 other Hector mainly workman migrated to US.

Comments

J
Jasmin Spero
 hector is a baptism name has resumed antiquity meaning trojan chief protagonist of illiade son of priam this name is quite rare as family name, from the Greek ekhein, that is to say that strongly holds or who resisted.

Hector Namesakes

    Michael Hector, Jamaican footballer
  • In 2019, Dunte Hector characterized the role of Tré Dinkins in comedy, drama film Funemployment.

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