How common is the surname Heinrich?

8,552 people in the United States had the surname Heinrich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,102 Americans. It ranked 4,141st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Heinrich?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Heinrich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Heinrich getting more or less common?

More common. 8,240 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,552 in 2010, up 3.8%.

Is Heinrich also a first name?

Yes. Heinrich 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 Heinrich

A German surname, carried by 8,552 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H562 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heinrich is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Heinrich.

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 8,552 people named Heinrich in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,102 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,240.

#4,141

rank among US surnames

8,552

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #3,954)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,132	Gough	8,584	35,968
#4,133	Bandy	8,582	35,976
#4,134	Moncada	8,574	36,010
#4,135	Chavira	8,573	36,014
#4,138	Welker	8,566	36,043
#4,139	Teran	8,557	36,081
#4,140	Gainey	8,556	36,085

Who is named Heinrich

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

95% of people named Heinrich identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Heinrich

Heinrich has the Soundex code H562, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H562.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Heinrich come from?: Borrowed from German Heinrich.
How common is the surname Heinrich?: 8,552 people in the United States had the surname Heinrich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,102 Americans. It ranked 4,141st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heinrich?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Heinrich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Heinrich getting more or less common?: More common. 8,240 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,552 in 2010, up 3.8%.
Is Heinrich also a first name?: Yes. Heinrich 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.