How common is the surname Heinze?

2,629 people in the United States had the surname Heinze in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,438 Americans. It ranked 11,907th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Heinze?

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

Who is the most famous person named Heinze?

Gabriel Heinze, Argentine association football player, followed by F. Augustus Heinze.

Where is the surname Heinze most common?

Wikidata records people named Heinze in Argentina, the United States and Australia and 1 other country.

Is the surname Heinze getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,643 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,629 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Heinze

A surname, carried by 2,629 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). Heinze is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,629 people named Heinze in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,438 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,643.

#11,907

rank among US surnames

2,629

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #11,035)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,899	Hosmer	2,631	117,349
#11,904	Bluhm	2,630	117,394
#11,907	Beauvais	2,629	117,438
#11,914	Cowgill	2,628	117,483

Who is named Heinze

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

95% of people named Heinze identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Heinzes

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gabriel Heinze
Argentine association football player, born 1978
F. Augustus Heinze
American mining magnate (1869–1914)
Bernard Heinze
Australian conductor, 1894–1982
Luis Carlos Heinze
Brazilian politician, born 1950

Notable Heinzes come mostly from Argentina (1), the United States (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Heinze

Heinze 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 Heinze?: 2,629 people in the United States had the surname Heinze in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,438 Americans. It ranked 11,907th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heinze?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Heinze identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Heinze?: Gabriel Heinze, Argentine association football player, followed by F. Augustus Heinze.
Where is the surname Heinze most common?: Wikidata records people named Heinze in Argentina, the United States and Australia and 1 other country.
Is the surname Heinze getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,643 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,629 in 2010, down 0.5%.