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Last name Hecker (Hecker , Геккер , הקר ) , worldwide, is a common cognomen. The family name Hecker is characteristic of Germany, where it is quite a common surname, Luxembourg, where it is quite a rare surname, and Israel. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Germany, the United States, and France. Much less frequently, Hecker is the forename as well as the last name.