The Hickel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 638 people carried this name — #35,294 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is down 3% from 656 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 323 people named Hickel.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Hickel live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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.
Who carried it
People named Hickel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Hickel 1736–1807 · court painter -
Wally Hickel 1919–2010 · politician -
Ermalee Hickel 1925–2017 · First Lady -
Anton Hickel 1745–1798 · painter
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Paul Robert Hickel 1861–1935 · agronomist
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Louis Hickel 1920–1977 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hickel.
When the index is not enough
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