as a Last Name
- 10,187
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Hackney
Meaning & Origins
English and Scottish: 1. habitational name from Hackney in Greater London, named from an Old English personal name Haca (genitive Hacan) + ēg ‘island’, ‘dry ground in marshland’. 2. from Middle English hakenei (Old French haquenée), an ambling horse, especially one considered suitable for women to ride; perhaps therefore a metonymic occupational name for a stablehand. This surname has also been found in Scotland since medieval times.
| 3,520th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 10,187
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Hackney per capita
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