How common is the surname Hein?

12,586 people in the United States had the surname Hein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,531 Americans. It ranked 2,865th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hein?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hein?

Piet Hein, 20th-century Danish mathematician, inventor, designer, writer and poet (1905–1996), followed by Mel Hein.

Where is the surname Hein most common?

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

Is the surname Hein getting more or less common?

Less common. 12,953 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,586 in 2010, down 2.8%.

Is Hein also a first name?

Yes. Hein is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Hein

A surname, carried by 12,586 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). Hein is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,586 people named Hein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,531 Americans. That is down 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,953.

#2,865

rank among US surnames

12,586

people in 2010

4.3

per 100,000 Americans

-2.8%

change since 2000 (was #2,569)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,858	Reddy	12,614	24,476
#2,861	Adcock	12,599	24,506
#2,864	Longo	12,594	24,515
#2,865	Orlando	12,586	24,531
#2,867	Trammell	12,582	24,539

Who is named Hein

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

94% of people named Hein identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Heins

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Heins come mostly from the Kingdom of Denmark (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hein

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

Questions

Where does the surname Hein come from?: From German, Dutch, Low German, Danish, and Jewish surname, all from the first element of the Germanic name Heinrich.
How common is the surname Hein?: 12,586 people in the United States had the surname Hein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,531 Americans. It ranked 2,865th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hein?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hein?: Piet Hein, 20th-century Danish mathematician, inventor, designer, writer and poet (1905–1996), followed by Mel Hein.
Where is the surname Hein most common?: Wikidata records people named Hein in the Kingdom of Denmark and the United States.
Is the surname Hein getting more or less common?: Less common. 12,953 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,586 in 2010, down 2.8%.
Is Hein also a first name?: Yes. Hein is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.