How common is the surname Heinz?

8,311 people in the United States had the surname Heinz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,149 Americans. It ranked 4,276th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Heinz?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Heinz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Heinz?

Henry J. Heinz, American businessman (1844-1919), followed by John Heinz.

Where is the surname Heinz most common?

Wikidata records people named Heinz in the United States.

Is the surname Heinz getting more or less common?

More common. 8,300 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,311 in 2010, up 0.1%.

Is Heinz also a first name?

Yes. Heinz 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 Heinz

A German surname, carried by 8,311 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H520 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). Heinz is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

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 8,311 people named Heinz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,149 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 8,300.

#4,276

rank among US surnames

8,311

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,931)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,272	Abdullah	8,314	37,136
#4,273	Orosco	8,313	37,140
#4,274	Fuqua	8,312	37,145
#4,276	Heinz	8,311	37,149

Who is named Heinz

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

94% of people named Heinz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Heinzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Henry J. Heinz
American businessman (1844-1919)
John Heinz
American businessman and politician (1938–1991)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Heinz

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Heinz come from?: Heinz is German in origin.
How common is the surname Heinz?: 8,311 people in the United States had the surname Heinz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,149 Americans. It ranked 4,276th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heinz?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Heinz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Heinz?: Henry J. Heinz, American businessman (1844-1919), followed by John Heinz.
Where is the surname Heinz most common?: Wikidata records people named Heinz in the United States.
Is the surname Heinz getting more or less common?: More common. 8,300 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,311 in 2010, up 0.1%.
Is Heinz also a first name?: Yes. Heinz 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.