Explore the Family Name Hecimovich

The meaning of Hecimovich

Americanized form of Croatian and possibly also Bosniak Hećimović and Hečimović: patronymic from Croatian and Bosnian hećim ‘doctor, physician’, a word of Turkish and ultimately Arabic origin (see Hakim).

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How common is the last name Hecimovich in the United States?

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Hecimovich saw a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname was ranked at 63,450 in terms of popularity, but it fell to 68,949 by 2010, indicating an overall drop of 8.67%. The number of individuals with this surname also dropped slightly from 294 in 2000 to 285 in 2010, reflecting a modest decline of 3.06%. This reduction resulted in a minor decrease in the proportion per 100,000 of people with this surname, falling from 0.11 to 0.10, marking a 9.09% change.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#63,450	#68,949	-8.67%
Count	294	285	-3.06%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.1	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hecimovich

When considering the ethnic identity associated with the Hecimovich surname, again based on the Decennial U.S. Census, we see a strong predominance of White ethnicity. In both 2000 and 2010, over 97% of individuals with this surname identified as White, with a small decrease from 97.28% to 97.19% over the decade. This represents a change of -0.09%. The remaining categories, including Asian/Pacific Islander, Two or more races, Hispanic, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native, showed no significant representation for either year, with percentages sitting at zero, denoting that these ethnic identities were not associated with the Hecimovich surname, or the data was suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.28%	97.19%	-0.09%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%