How common is the surname Henk?

1,035 people in the United States had the surname Henk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,305 Americans. It ranked 24,237th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Henk?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Henk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Henk getting more or less common?

More common. 983 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,035 in 2010, up 5.3%.

Is Henk also a first name?

Yes. Henk 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 Henk

A surname, carried by 1,035 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). Henk is more common than 85.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,035 people named Henk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 298,305 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 983.

#24,237

rank among US surnames

1,035

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #23,968)

Who is named Henk

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

96% of people named Henk identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Henk

Henk 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 Henk?: 1,035 people in the United States had the surname Henk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,305 Americans. It ranked 24,237th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Henk?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Henk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Henk getting more or less common?: More common. 983 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,035 in 2010, up 5.3%.
Is Henk also a first name?: Yes. Henk 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.