Last name הקל (Haeckel 
, Heckel 
, Huckle ) , in all the world, is a common family name. The cognomen הקל is characteristic of Germany, where it is quite a rare surname, the United Kingdom, and France. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Very seldom, הקל is the forename as well as the last name.