Hector surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Hector surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,387 people carried this name — #7,572 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,100 people counted. That is up 10% from 4,000 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 727 people named Hector.

27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 57 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 27
Moselle 169
Paris 58
Nord 42
Isère 40
Pas-de-Calais 39
Drôme 36
Guadeloupe 36
Eure 31

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 111 people named Hector 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

Buenos Aires Province 66
Tucumán 45

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

386 people named Hector is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 386

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

Hector in American newspapers,
1907–1911.

Newspaper page from Evening Journal carrying the name Hector
Evening Journal 1907-01-21
Newspaper page from The Columbian carrying the name Hector
The Columbian 1908-01-02
Newspaper page from The Lakeland Evening Telegram carrying the name Hector
The Lakeland Evening Telegram 1911-12-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 170,183 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Hector,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Hector
    James Hector 1834–1907 · naturalist
  • Martin Hector
    Martin Hector 1852–1938 · businessperson
  • David Hector
    David Hector 1862–1930 · translator
  • Edmund Hector 1708–1794 · surgeon
  • Edward Hector 1744–1834
  • Cornthwaite Hector 1773–1842 · politician

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

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Surnames next to Hector.

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