How common is the surname Henn?

3,743 people in the United States had the surname Henn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,486 Americans. It ranked 8,763rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Henn?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Henn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Henn most common?

Wikidata records people named Henn in the United States.

Is the surname Henn getting more or less common?

More common. 3,643 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,743 in 2010, up 2.7%.

Is Henn also a first name?

Yes. Henn 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 Henn

A German surname, carried by 3,743 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Henn is more common than 94.6% 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 3,743 people named Henn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,486 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,643.

#8,763

rank among US surnames

3,743

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,351)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,756	Karcher	3,746	82,420
#8,758	Avitia	3,745	82,442
#8,761	Files	3,744	82,464
#8,763	Henn	3,743	82,486
#8,765	Sullins	3,741	82,530
#8,768	Wolfson	3,740	82,552
#8,770	Hine	3,738	82,596

Who is named Henn

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

94% of people named Henn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Henns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carrie Henn
American actress, born 1976

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Henn

Henn has the Soundex code H500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H500.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Henn come from?: Henn is German in origin.
How common is the surname Henn?: 3,743 people in the United States had the surname Henn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,486 Americans. It ranked 8,763rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Henn?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Henn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Henn?: Carrie Henn, American actress.
Where is the surname Henn most common?: Wikidata records people named Henn in the United States.
Is the surname Henn getting more or less common?: More common. 3,643 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,743 in 2010, up 2.7%.
Is Henn also a first name?: Yes. Henn 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.