Heckson Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Heckson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Heckson (131) may also be a first name.
Heckson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Heckson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Heckson occurs in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Heckson.
How Common Is The Last Name Heckson? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Heckson reside; 44 percent reside in Southern Africa and 44 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 811,108th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 131 people.
It is most frequent in Ghana, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Other than Ghana it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 44 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.
Heckson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Heckson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Heckson surname fell 89 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 Heckson
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