Last Name HACKER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The son of Hacgard. A chopper, a cleaver, hewer; figuratively, a brave soldier. Danish, 'Hakker,' to cut in pieces, to chop, to hoe. 'Hekker,' a hedge, from 'hekke,' a hedge, a protection, place of security.

Origin	English, Dutch, Jewish, German, Irish, Creole, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	2,513 (2000 US census)	2,313 (1990 US census)

Count	13,178 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

95.25%, or 12552 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.12%, or 148 total occurrences, as black,
0.36%, or 47 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.61%, or 80 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.36%, or 179 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.3%, or 171 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Shortest last names

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Longest last names

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