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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Hecht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
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hecht families
 15 - 28  6 - 14 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hecht census records
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Hecht Family Origin
Hecht Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Hecht Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Hecht Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Hecht census records
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Military Service by Hecht
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