Hecht

Hecht is the 4,771st most common surname in the United States, shared by 7,191 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 41,600.

By the numbers

People: 7,191
Rank: 4,771st
How common: 1 in 41,600
Per 100,000: 2.4

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Hecht described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 92.6%
Hispanic or Latino 3.1%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.1%
Black, not Hispanic 0.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.2%

Notable people called Hecht

Ben Hecht (1894–1964)American writer, director, and producer
Jessica Hecht (born 1965)American actress and singer
Duvall Hecht (1930–2022)American rower
Jochen Hecht (born 1977)German ice hockey player
Anthony Hecht (1923–2004)American poet
Gina Hecht (born 1953)American actress
Raymond Hecht (born 1968)German javelin thrower

People named Hecht with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Hecht

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.