The Heise surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,282 people carried this name — #7,753 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,000 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,052 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
117 people named Heise have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 168 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
98 people named Heise live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 56 people named Heise.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 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 the Nordic population registers
31 people named Heise 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
Heise in American newspapers,
1922–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 25,925 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Heise,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hans Heise d. 1629 · Schultheiss
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Peter Otto Heise d. 1693 · superintendent
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Heinrich Ludwig Heise d. 1747 · forest officer
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Heinrich Heise 1599–1643 · pastor
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David Heise 1632–1709 · Forstschreiber
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Anna Hedwig Block 1648–1717
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Heise.
- Heinisch 346 · U.S. census
- Heinrich 8,552 · U.S. census
- Heintz 5,655 · U.S. census
- Heiny 557 · U.S. census
- Heinz 8,311 · U.S. census
- Heisch 149 · 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
- Heit 709 · U.S. census
- Heitmann 2,474 · U.S. census
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