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 is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Heckson? popularity and diffusion
Heckson is the 6,360,413th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Heckson is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Heckson are found; 44 percent are found in Southern Africa and 44 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 811,108th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 131 people.
The surname is most widely held in Ghana, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Other than Ghana Heckson is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 44 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.
Heckson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Heckson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Heckson surname contracted 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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