Hackel
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from a diminutive of Hack ‘cutter’, i.e
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 11 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/ˈhækəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hackel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 37K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 445K
- ATAustria≈1 in 117K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 180 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 37K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,200 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)from a diminutive of Hack ‘cutter’, i.e. either ‘butcher’ or ‘woodcutter’ (see Hacker).
Cited for this meaning 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Hackel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 37K | listed | Hackel | 110 |
| US United States | 747 | 1 in 445K | 845 | Hackel | 180 |
| CA Canada | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 257K | — | Hackel | 35 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈96 est. | ≈1 in 685K | 19 | Hackel | 31 |
| AT Austria | ≈76 est. | ≈1 in 117K | — | Hackel | 23 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈19 est. | ≈1 in 261K | — | Hackel | 4 |
| JM Jamaica | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 300K | — | Hackel | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; the dfa-band-6 register; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Hackel is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Mehrdeutig; von mhd. heckel 'Hacker, Hauer', teils auch Bezug zum Weinbau denkbar; bearer's count 1864+876.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Patronym zu einem Rufnamen mit ahd./altsächs. hag, hagan „Einhegung, umfriedeter Ort“; vgl. Heckel/Hekel/Häckel.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Aus Kurzformen eines Rufnamens mit Stamm hag; mit (c)k- und l-Diminutivbildung. 876 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Heinrich; Bearer count: 876.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Modest Hackelb. 1839russian major general 1839-1909
- Eduard Hackelb. 1850ATAustrian botanist (1850-1926)
- Alfred Hackelb. 1872ATAustrian teacher
- Yakov Gakkelb. 1874RUnot in their usual namerussian scientist and engineer (1874–1945)
- A. W. Hackelb. 1882USAmerican film producer (1882-1959)
- Anton Hackelb. 1886DEGerman stage management (1886-2000)
- Nina Hasvoldb. 1910NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian psychoanalyst
- Wolfgang Hackelb. 1942DEGerman politician
- Heinz-Dieter Hackelb. 1944DEGerman politician (1944-2007)
- Mark Hackelb. 1962USAmerican politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)21 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 845 | #29,734 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 832 | #27,313 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 747 | #31,068 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 19 | #93,697 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 6 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Hackel come from?
- from a diminutive of Hack ‘cutter’, i.e. either ‘butcher’ or ‘woodcutter’ (see Hacker). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Hackel?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈhækəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Hackel mean?
- Recorded meaning: from a diminutive of Hack ‘cutter’, i.e.
- In which country does Hackel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.2 thousand people named Hackel in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hackel.
- How common is the name Hackel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 747 people named Hackel in 2010, about 1 in 445 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hackelThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hackel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.