# Hein (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,586 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,865 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 24,531 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.8% (12,953 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From German, Dutch, Low German, Danish, and Jewish surname, all from the first element of the Germanic name Heinrich.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hein 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hein in the Kingdom of Denmark and the United States.

## People named Hein

- Piet Hein, 20th-century Danish mathematician, inventor, designer, writer and poet (1905–1996)
- Mel Hein, American football player and coach (1909-1992)

## Similar surnames

Heine, Hine, Henn, Hain, Henao, Henne, Heim, Huynh, Hahn, Hanna, Haney, Han.

## 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.