Hečko Surname

436,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 786 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Hečko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hečko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia4281:12,4681,634
Czechia3211:33,1265,395
Serbia281:255,17713,976
Croatia81:528,57638,675
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532

The alternate forms: Hecko (382) are calculated separately.

Hečko Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hečko is carried by more people in Slovakia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Hecko. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hečko? popularity and diffusion

It is the 436,668th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 9,271,687 people. The surname Hečko occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Hečko are found; 95 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 95 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Slovakia, where it is carried by 428 people, or 1 in 12,468. In Slovakia Hečko is most numerous in: Trnava Region, where 65 percent reside, Bratislava Region, where 19 percent reside and Trenčín Region, where 6 percent reside. Besides Slovakia it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 41 percent reside and Serbia, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hecko93382/
Hesko80163/
Hyčko8081/
Hočko8077/
Heško8045/
Hičko8027/
Hečka8012/
Heczko731,834/
Hetsko731,435/
Chesko73497/
Chećko73365/
Heshko73362/
Checko73153/
Hechko7361/
Hetcko7332/
Hecsko7320/
Hescko7314/
Hečska7311/
Hetzko7311/
Hedzko739/
Hessko734/
Heszko734/
Chezko731/
Huičko731/
Hezhko731/
Chechko672,058/
Cheshko671,343/
Esko671,291/
Ecko67301/
Eşko67212/
Chetsko6731/
Chiecko6723/
Khetsko6717/
Hetchko6716/
Heechko6713/
Kheshko679/
Checkoy677/
Chetzko672/
Khechko671/
Cheskoy671/
Checkou671/
Cheicko671/
Heichko671/
Hetszko671/
Chiećko671/
Hetshko671/
Hetskoy670/

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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 Hečko
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