View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Hector Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Hector (Hindi: हेक्टर, Marathi: हेक्टर) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Héctor or Hèctor. Click here for other potential spellings of Hector.

How Common Is The Last Name Hector? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 23,092^nd most numerous last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 310,320 people. The last name Hector occurs mostly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Hector are found; 26 percent are found in North America and 25 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 240^th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 2,362,350 people.

The last name Hector is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 5,531 people, or 1 in 65,532. In The United States Hector is most frequent in: Texas, where 11 percent live, New York, where 11 percent live and Florida, where 10 percent live. Aside from The United States it occurs in 109 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 17 percent live and Haiti, where 8 percent live.

Hector Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Hector has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,038 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 484 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 30 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 5,100 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 87 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Hector Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Hector surname is primarily Anglican (81%) in Ireland and Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Hector last name are 4.25% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.02% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Hector earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 23.19% less than the national average, earning 265,825 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 14.53% less than the national average, earning R 203,112 per year; in Colombia they earn 55.85% more than the national average, earning $35,382,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.74% less than the national average, earning $41,536 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.98% more than the national average, earning $52,652 CAD per year.