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The Heinen surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,675 people carried this name — #8,909 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,557 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Heinen surname

From the Dutch and Low German surname, "son of Hein."

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Heinen» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 862 people named Heinen live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Liège 684
Luxembourg Province 110
Brussels-Capital 23
Namur 20
Hainaut 10
Antwerp 5
Walloon Brabant 5
Limburg 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 191 people named Heinen.

33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 33
Moselle 45
Paris 29
Ardennes 16
Yvelines 14
Meurthe-et-Moselle 14
Doubs 5
Savoie 4
Calvados 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

188 people named Heinen live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Valais 78
Zurich 35
Bern 18
Lucerne 15
Aargau 14
Thurgau 5
Vaud 5
Graubünden 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 102 people named Heinen live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Santa Fe 73
Buenos Aires Province 19
Córdoba 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Heinen in American newspapers,
1912.

Newspaper page from Der Deutsche Correspondent carrying the name Heinen
Der Deutsche Correspondent 1912-08-11
Newspaper page from Scranton Wochenblatt carrying the name Heinen
Scranton Wochenblatt 1912-01-25
Newspaper page from Der Deutsche Correspondent carrying the name Heinen
Der Deutsche Correspondent 1912-08-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Heinen,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Marie Heinen
    Marie Heinen 1881–1948 · editor
  • Albrecht Christopher von Heinen 1651–1712 · military officer
  • Anton Heinen 1869–1934 · Catholic priest
  • Alfred Heinen 1880–1943 · actor
  • Sofie Heinen 1881–1943
  • Reinhold Heinen 1894–1969 · journalist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Heinen.

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