The Heinz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,311 people carried this name — #4,276 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,500 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (8,300).
In Switzerland’s population statistics
432 people named Heinz live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 288 people named Heinz 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 Entre Ríos.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 147 people named Heinz.
43 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
105 people named Heinz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 171 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
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
47 people named Heinz 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).
In print
Heinz in American newspapers,
1904–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 91,879 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Heinz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Henry J. Heinz 1844–1919 · businessperson -
Howard Covode Heinz 1877–1941 · businessperson -
Franz Joseph Heinz 1884–1924 · politician -
George Heinz 1891–1966 · Australian rules football player -
Bohumil Heinz 1894–1940 · engraver
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 161 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Heinz.
- Heinen 3,675 · U.S. census
- Heinis 147 · U.S. census
- Heinisch 346 · U.S. census
- Heinrich 8,552 · U.S. census
- Heintz 5,655 · U.S. census
- Heiny 557 · 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
- Heisserer 266 · U.S. census
- Heissler 110 · U.S. census
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