How common is the surname Heinlein?

1,949 people in the United States had the surname Heinlein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,412 Americans. It ranked 15,127th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Heinlein?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Heinlein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Heinlein?

Robert A. Heinlein, American author and aeronautical engineer (1907–1988).

Where is the surname Heinlein most common?

Wikidata records people named Heinlein in the United States.

Is the surname Heinlein getting more or less common?

More common. 1,935 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,949 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Heinlein

A surname, carried by 1,949 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H545

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heinlein is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,949 people named Heinlein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,412 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,935.

#15,127

rank among US surnames

1,949

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #14,226)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,120	Fuhrmann	1,951	158,250
#15,124	Wipf	1,950	158,331
#15,127	Parman	1,949	158,412

Who is named Heinlein

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

95% of people named Heinlein identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Heinleins

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert A. Heinlein
American author and aeronautical engineer (1907–1988)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Heinlein

Heinlein has the Soundex code H545, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H545.

Questions

How common is the surname Heinlein?: 1,949 people in the United States had the surname Heinlein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,412 Americans. It ranked 15,127th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heinlein?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Heinlein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Heinlein?: Robert A. Heinlein, American author and aeronautical engineer (1907–1988).
Where is the surname Heinlein most common?: Wikidata records people named Heinlein in the United States.
Is the surname Heinlein getting more or less common?: More common. 1,935 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,949 in 2010, up 0.7%.