Heckel Surname
Approximately 11,475 people bear this surname
Heckel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 6,501 | 1:12,384 | 1,604 |
| United States | 2,906 | 1:124,728 | 13,250 |
| France | 1,421 | 1:46,744 | 6,015 |
| Austria | 133 | 1:64,026 | 9,907 |
| Brazil | 75 | 1:2,854,324 | 84,307 |
| Canada | 62 | 1:594,284 | 49,093 |
| Czechia | 53 | 1:200,631 | 28,987 |
| Switzerland | 49 | 1:167,611 | 15,447 |
| Argentina | 45 | 1:949,854 | 60,205 |
| Romania | 42 | 1:478,045 | 36,914 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Mexico | 16 | 1:7,757,888 | 35,569 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Hungary | 13 | 1:755,098 | 40,181 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Croatia | 7 | 1:604,086 | 40,820 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 506 | 1:99,246 | 10,096 |
Heckel (92) may also be a first name.
Heckel Demographics
Average Male Heckel Height
177.05 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Heckel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Heckel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Heckel occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Heckel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 45,233rd most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 635,080 people. Heckel is mostly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Heckel are found; 71 percent are found in Western Europe and 58 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Heckel is also the 992,070th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 92 people.
The last name Heckel is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 6,501 people, or 1 in 12,384. In Germany Heckel is most numerous in: Bavaria, where 37 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 14 percent are found and Saxony, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this surname exists in 44 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent are found and France, where 12 percent are found.
Heckel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Heckel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Heckel last name rose 574 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 363 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Heckel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Heckel surname are 17.89% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64.66% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Heckel earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 8.35% more than the national average, earning $46,754 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.3% more than the national average, earning $69,703 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
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Heckel Reference & Research
Heckel Y-DNA Project FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Heckel
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis