Heckels Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Heckels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Heckels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1111:501,96431,980
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England541:451,39625,813
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Heckels Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Heckels Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Heckels occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Heckels? popularity and diffusion

The surname Heckels is the 1,518,885th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. The last name Heckels is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Heckels reside; 85 percent reside in Northern Europe and 85 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most common in England, where it is held by 111 people, or 1 in 501,964. In England it is most frequent in: Tyne and Wear, where 21 percent live, Northumberland, where 16 percent live and West Sussex, where 12 percent live. Beside England Heckels exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 14 percent live and Northern Ireland, where 4 percent live.

Heckels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Heckels has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Heckels surname expanded 206 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Heckells930/
Eckels922,144/
Hecels924/
Hekels921/
Checkells880/
Heukels86356/
Heckles86197/
Eeckels86114/
Eickels86103/
Eackels8635/
Höckels8620/
Hackels861/
Echkels861/
Hickels860/
Heskels860/
Eckells860/
Ekels83108/
Eckls832/
Ecels830/
Jeckells80167/
Checkles8025/
Eackeles802/
Cheskels801/
Eckles773,057/
Eekels77389/
Ackels77318/
Ockels77164/
Ekkels77104/
Echels7767/
Hakels7720/
Eykels7712/
Eakels7710/
Hecles776/
Oekels775/
Eccels774/
Eikels771/
Eckils771/
Ekells770/
Ecklls770/
Ecells770/
Ekls732/
Ecls731/
Jäckels71385/
Hickles71132/
Eackles71100/
Geckles7169/
Jickels7136/
Ecckles7135/
Hackles7134/
Eijkels7119/
Jekkels718/
Eckless716/
Eickles711/
Ackells711/
Ackelss711/
Eskelse711/
Eikeles711/
Hockles711/
Jiekels711/
Ecklese710/
Yickels710/
Hockless67324/
Ikels67133/
Jickells6786/
Ekles6774/
Ecles6726/
Chickles6724/
Eklås679/
Jeickles676/
Eclls674/
Ackls673/
Hacklles672/
Akels671/
Ekils671/
Ekelless671/
Hackless671/
Heathcls671/
Eccls670/

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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 Heckels
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