The Heintz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,655 people carried this name — #6,067 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,579 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,478 people named Heintz.
71 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 56 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 121 people named Heintz 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
42 people named Heintz live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 Poland’s population register
25 people named Heintz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 38 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
128 people named Heintz is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Heintz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Georg Heintz 1644–1683 · writer -
Karl Friedrich Heintz 1802–1868 · politician -
Wolff Heintz 1490–1552 · composer
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Johann Heintz 1559–1604 · physician
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Christian Heintz 1705–1752 · artist
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Philipp Kasimir von Heintz 1771–1835 · historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Heintz.
- Heine 5,054 · U.S. census
- Heinemann 3,403 · U.S. census
- Heinen 3,675 · U.S. census
- Heinis 147 · U.S. census
- Heinisch 346 · U.S. census
- Heinrich 8,552 · U.S. census
- Heiny 557 · U.S. census
- Heinz 8,311 · U.S. census
- Heisch 149 · U.S. census
- Heise 4,282 · U.S. census
- Heiser 6,606 · U.S. census
- Heiss 2,460 · U.S. census
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