Hecka Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Hecka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 42 | 1:1,581,493 | 147,826 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Hečka (12) & Hęćka (1) are calculated separately.
Hecka (16) may also be a first name.
Hecka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hecka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hecka (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻜﻪ) is found most frequently in France. It can also occur as: Hečka or Hęćka. For other possible spellings of Hecka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hecka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,168,711th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Hecka reside; 79 percent reside in Western Europe and 55 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 16 people.
This surname is most numerous in France, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 1,581,493. In France it is most frequent in: Île-de-France, where 36 percent live, Grand Est, where 33 percent live and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 26 percent live. Barring France it occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 22 percent live and Poland, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hecka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hecka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻜﻪ | hkh | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hecka
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