The Hacker surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,625 people carried this name — #2,642 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 13,178 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Hacker surname
English, Dutch, German and Jewish occupational surname, all from the noun hacker (“one who hacks”). The Jewish form probably arrives via Yiddish העקער (heker), from צעהאַקן (tsehakn) (see German hacken).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hacker» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
116 people named Hacker live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 53 people named Hacker live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Hacker.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
50 people named Hacker is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Hacker in American newspapers,
1908–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,182,060 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hacker,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Georg August Hacker 1762–1823 · theologian -
Francis Hacker d. 1660 · soldier
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Aquilin Hacker 1701–1764 · priest
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Joachim Bernhard Nikolaus Hacker 1760–1817 · writer
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Benedikt Hacker 1769–1829 · composer
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Christian Hacker 1802–1884 · entrepreneur
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hacker.
- Habib 4,932 · U.S. census
- Habibi 741 · U.S. census
- Haby 366 · U.S. census
- Hache 379 · U.S. census
- Hachem 645 · U.S. census
- Hack 6,468 · U.S. census
- Hadad 800 · U.S. census
- Haddad 10,804 · U.S. census
- Haderer 136 · U.S. census
- Hadi 1,149 · U.S. census
- Hadid 252 · U.S. census
- Haeberle 451 · U.S. census
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