Hecks Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 4
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 7
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 3
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 3
Radnorshire 0

Hecks Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hecks family

Profession Census Frequency
Daughter Of Above 3
Basket Maker 2
Parlor Maid 1
Governess 1
Porter To Dress Maker 1
Scholar 1
Servant General Domestic 1
Miner Coppermines 1
Domestic 1
No Occupation 1
Silk Agent 1
Coachman 1
Domestic Servant 1
Retired Draper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Hecks

Name Census Frequency
William Hecks 39
Mary Hecks 37
Elizabeth Hecks 29
John Hecks 26
Thomas Hecks 21
George Hecks 17
Sarah Hecks 15
Ellen Hecks 14
Henry Hecks 12
Eliza Hecks 11
Ann Hecks 10
Annie Hecks 9
Albert Hecks 8
Frederick Hecks 8
Joseph Hecks 8
Arthur Hecks 7
Emma Hecks 7
Charles Hecks 6
Emily Hecks 6
Ethel Hecks 6
Francis Hecks 6
Gertrude Hecks 6
Jane Hecks 6
Catherine Hecks 5
Edith Hecks 5

Hecks Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hicks 80% 86,781
2 Hucks 80% 1,884
3 Hickes 67% 1,386
4 Heeks 80% 1,153
5 Hocks 80% 636
6 Hecks 100% 544
7 Heekes 67% 412
8 Hex 40% 374
9 Hacks 80% 304

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The surname Hecks is the 6th most popular variant of Hicks.

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