# Heine (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/heine/  
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, notably of Heinrich Heine, a German poet.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,054 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,681 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 61,089 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.6% (5,023 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Heine.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Heine 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) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Heine in Australia and Belgium.

## People named Heine

- Cariba Heine, Australian actress (born 1988)
- Ben Heine, Belgian artist

## Similar surnames

Hein, Heaney, Hine, Henn, Henne, Hoehne, 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.