The Heckendorn surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 433 people carried this name — #48,717 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 422 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
152 people named Heckendorn live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 73 people named Heckendorn.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Heckendorn.
- Hechinger 171 · U.S. census
- Hechler 352 · U.S. census
- Hecht 7,466 · U.S. census
- Hechter 140 · U.S. census
- Heck 13,995 · U.S. census
- Heckel 2,378 · U.S. census
- Hecker 5,260 · U.S. census
- Heckler 2,590 · U.S. census
- Heckmann 742 · U.S. census
- Hector 4,387 · U.S. census
- Hede 186 · U.S. census
- Hedin 1,470 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Heckendorn is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.