Last name: HECK
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Last name frequency
HECK : This last name is indexed 155,931 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
HECK : 1: South German: topographic name from Middle High German hecke hegge ‘hedge’. This surname is common in southern Germany and the Rhineland and is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).2: Dutch: topographic name from Middle Dutch heck ‘fence gate’. Compare Van Hecke.3: English: topographic name for someone who lived by a gate or ‘hatch’ (especially one leading into a forest) northern Middle English heck (Old English hæcce). Compare Hatch.
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