Hecht Family History
Hecht Name Meaning
German and Dutch: from Middle High German hech(e)t,
Middle Dutch heect, hecht ‘pike’, generally a nickname
for a rapacious and greedy person. In some instances it may have been
a metonymic occupational name for a fisher and in others it may be a
habitational name from a house distinguished by a sign depicting this
fish.Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German
Hecht or Yiddish hekht ‘pike’, one of the many
Ashkenazic ornamental names taken from vocabulary words denoting
wildlife.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Hecht
Name Distribution of Hecht Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hecht families
 174 - 345  59 - 173 |
 1 - 58  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Hecht families
|
15 - 28 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Hecht last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hecht census records
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Hecht Family Origin
Hecht Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Hecht
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Hecht Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Hecht census records
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Hecht Civil War Service Records
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