Hek 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 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 13
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 8
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 14
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Hek Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hek family

Profession Census Frequency
Coal Miner Labourer Below C 3
Cabinet Maker 2
Baker Bread Maker 1
Housekeeper(not Domestic) 1
Carter On Farm Ag Horse 1
Hind Ag Cattle 1
Pupil 1
Shepherd 1
Shephered 1
Caretaker 1
Dress Maker 1
Publican 1
School 1
China Merchant 1
Fitter In Stay Trade 1
Professional Musician Organ Pianoforte Singing Theory 1
Scholar 1
Slaughterman 1
Wheelwright 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Hek

Name Census Frequency
Albert Hek 6
Clarence Hek 6
Mary Hek 6
Annie Hek 5
Frederick Hek 5
John Hek 5
William Hek 5
Frank Hek 4
James Hek 4
Paul Hek 4
Elizabeth Hek 3
Ella Hek 3
Fred Hek 3
Herbert Hek 3
Hilda Hek 3
Mabel Hek 3
Margaret Hek 3
Sarah Hek 3
Theophilus Hek 3
Alfred Hek 2
Daisy Hek 2
Jakob Hek 2
Margret Hek 2
Rose Hek 2
Iva Hek 1

Hek Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hook 50% 33,387
2 Hooke 40% 3,826
3 Hake 50% 3,277
4 Huke 50% 1,526
5 Heak 75% 194
6 Hoke 50% 182
7 Heek 75% 131
8 Hek 100% 120

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The surname Hek is the 8th most popular variant of Hook.

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