The surname Heinen
A patronymic surname, carried by 3,675 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex H550
Origin
From the Dutch and Low German surname, "son of Hein."
Heinen is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,675 people named Heinen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,012 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,557.
Who is named Heinen
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Heinen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
- Two or more races 1.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Heinen has the Soundex code H550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H550.
Questions
- Where does the surname Heinen come from?
- From the Dutch and Low German surname, "son of Hein."
- How common is the surname Heinen?
- 3,675 people in the United States had the surname Heinen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,012 Americans. It ranked 8,909th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Heinen?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Heinen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- What type of surname is Heinen?
- Heinen is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Heinen getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,557 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,675 in 2010, up 3.3%.