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Heck

in the US

There are 12,022 people with the last name "Heck" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Heck 2,332
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  1. is 2,328th most common Upton
  2. is 2,329th most common Xu
  3. is 2,330th most common Creech
  4. is 2,331st most common Kitchen
  5. is 2,332nd most common Heck
  6. is 2,333rd most common Graf
  7. is 2,334th most common Pool
  8. is 2,335th most common Crouse
  9. is 2,336th most common Durbin

Similar Names and Nicknames

Hicks, Hickey, Heckman, Hecker, Hock, Huck, Heckel, Heckler, Heckert, Heckathorn

Most Common First Names for Heck

Robert, James, John, David, William, Michael, Richard, Thomas, Mary, Charles

Meaning & History

English: topographic name for someone who lived by a gate or ‘hatch’ (especially one leading into a forest), northern Middle English heck (Old English hæcc), or a habitational name from Great Heck in North Yorkshire, which is named with this word. Compare Hatch.

German: topographic name from Middle High German hecke, hegge ‘hedge’. This name is common in southern Germany and the Rhineland.

Possibly an Americanized spelling of French Hec(q), a topographic name from Old French hec ‘gate’, ‘barrier’, ‘fence’ (compare 1), or a habitational name from a place named with this word.

Shortened form of the Dutch surname van (den) Hecke, a habitational name from any of several places called ten Hekke in the Belgian provinces of East and West Flanders.

Recent Searches for "Heck" in the US

Since June 2009
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Most Popular Search

Robert Heck (99 searches)
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