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The Hecker surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,260 people carried this name — #6,454 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 56,200 people counted. That is down 3% from 5,436 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 447 people named Hecker 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 211
La Pampa 145
Río Negro 29
City of Buenos Aires 23
Córdoba 20
Entre Ríos 19

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 337 people named Hecker.

19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 19
Bas-Rhin 118
Haut-Rhin 52
Paris 37
Territoire de Belfort 22
Moselle 15
Meurthe-et-Moselle 13
Vosges 12
Loire-Atlantique 8

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

101 people named Hecker live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 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

Zurich 33
Bern 14
Basel-Landschaft 14
Aargau 8
Lucerne 7
Basel-Stadt 5
Schaffhausen 4
Neuchâtel 4

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 print

Hecker in American newspapers,
1900–1911.

Newspaper page from The Daily Missoulian carrying the name Hecker
The Daily Missoulian 1911-09-13
Newspaper page from The Wibaux Pioneer carrying the name Hecker
The Wibaux Pioneer 1911-09-22
Newspaper page from The Western News carrying the name Hecker
The Western News 1900-12-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 289,107 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Hecker,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Constantin Gottlieb Hecker d. 1793 · astronomer
  • Constantin Gottlieb Hecker d. 1775 · astronomer
  • Edward J. Hecker d. 1945 · writer
  • Ursula Kaul-Hecker d. 1997 · psychologist
  • Carl Hecker d. 1897 · artist
  • Alfons Hecker d. 1865

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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