Heckener Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Heckener Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 43 | 1:1,872,220 | 105,027 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Heckener Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Heckener Come From? nationality or country of origin
Heckener occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Heckener? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,843,861st most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Heckener reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most common in Germany, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 1,872,220. In Germany Heckener is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 63 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 35 percent reside and Hesse, where 2 percent reside. Not including Germany this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent reside.
Heckener Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Heckener has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Heckener surname increased 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Heckener
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