# Heim (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/heim/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,414 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,513 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,420 people |
| Change since 2000 | +67% (8,627 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a south German surname, from the noun Heim (“home”). * As a Norwegian surname, from farmsteads named with, or directly from, the Old Norse noun heimr (“home”), related to the above. * As a Jewish surname, from the Yiddish name חיים (Khayem). Doublet of Chaim.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Heim in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Heim in Germany and the United States.

## People named Heim

- Aribert Heim, Austrian SS member and physician in Mauthausen concentration camp (1914-1992)
- Lou Heim, American rower (1874-1954)

## Similar surnames

Hem, Hemme, Hein, Heine, Huynh, Hahn, Hanna, Haney, Han, Hamm, Hannah, Ham.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.