How common is the surname Heim?

14,414 people in the United States had the surname Heim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,420 Americans. It ranked 2,513th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Heim?

Aribert Heim, Austrian SS member and physician in Mauthausen concentration camp (1914-1992), followed by Lou Heim.

Where is the surname Heim most common?

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

Is the surname Heim getting more or less common?

More common. 8,627 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,414 in 2010, up 67%.

The surname Heim

A German surname, carried by 14,414 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heim is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

* 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.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 14,414 people named Heim in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,420 Americans. That is up 67% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,627.

#2,513

rank among US surnames

14,414

people in 2010

4.9

per 100,000 Americans

+67.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,773)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,504	Barbour	14,451	21,365
#2,505	Coles	14,449	21,368
#2,507	Starnes	14,442	21,378
#2,508	Randle	14,437	21,386
#2,509	Reardon	14,435	21,389
#2,510	Coughlin	14,434	21,390
#2,511	Vick	14,421	21,409

Who is named Heim

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Heim identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Heims

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Heims come mostly from Germany (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Heim

Heim has the Soundex code H500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H500.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Heim come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Heim?: 14,414 people in the United States had the surname Heim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,420 Americans. It ranked 2,513th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heim?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Heim identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Heim?: Aribert Heim, Austrian SS member and physician in Mauthausen concentration camp (1914-1992), followed by Lou Heim.
Where is the surname Heim most common?: Wikidata records people named Heim in Germany and the United States.
Is the surname Heim getting more or less common?: More common. 8,627 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,414 in 2010, up 67%.