How common is the surname Heins?

3,757 people in the United States had the surname Heins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,179 Americans. It ranked 8,728th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Heins?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Heins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Heins getting more or less common?

More common. 3,673 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,757 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Heins

A surname, carried by 3,757 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heins is more common than 94.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,757 people named Heins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,179 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,673.

#8,728

rank among US surnames

3,757

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,296)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,723	Glasscock	3,761	82,091
#8,724	Grundy	3,759	82,135
#8,727	Swiger	3,758	82,157
#8,728	Werth	3,757	82,179
#8,732	Chien	3,756	82,201
#8,734	Gilkey	3,755	82,223

Who is named Heins

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

95% of people named Heins identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Heins

Heins has the Soundex code H520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H520.

Questions

How common is the surname Heins?: 3,757 people in the United States had the surname Heins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,179 Americans. It ranked 8,728th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heins?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Heins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Heins getting more or less common?: More common. 3,673 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,757 in 2010, up 2.3%.