How common is the surname Heine?

5,054 people in the United States had the surname Heine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,089 Americans. It ranked 6,681st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Heine?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Heine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Heine?

Cariba Heine, Australian actress (born 1988), followed by Ben Heine.

Where is the surname Heine most common?

Wikidata records people named Heine in Australia and Belgium.

Is the surname Heine getting more or less common?

More common. 5,023 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,054 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Heine

A German surname, carried by 5,054 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). Heine is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Heine.

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 5,054 people named Heine in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,089 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,023.

#6,681

rank among US surnames

5,054

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,258)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,676	Fall	5,060	61,017
#6,678	Fermin	5,057	61,053
#6,680	Runnels	5,055	61,077
#6,681	Muth	5,054	61,089

Who is named Heine

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

94% of people named Heine identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Heines

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cariba Heine
Australian actress (born 1988)
Ben Heine
Belgian artist, born 1983

Notable Heines come mostly from Australia (1) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Heine

Heine 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 Heine come from?: Borrowed from German Heine.
How common is the surname Heine?: 5,054 people in the United States had the surname Heine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,089 Americans. It ranked 6,681st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heine?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Heine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Heine?: Cariba Heine, Australian actress (born 1988), followed by Ben Heine.
Where is the surname Heine most common?: Wikidata records people named Heine in Australia and Belgium.
Is the surname Heine getting more or less common?: More common. 5,023 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,054 in 2010, up 0.6%.